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autocrat Definition

auto·crat (ôt′ə krat′)

noun

  1. a ruler with absolute power; dictator; despot
  2. anyone having unlimited power over others
  3. any domineering, self-willed person

Etymology: Fr autocrate < Gr autokratēs, absolute ruler < autos, self + kratos, power, rule: see -crat

autocrat Related Forms
au′to·crat′ic adjective or au′to·crat′i·cal au′to·crat′i·cally adverb
autocrat Synonyms

autocrat

n.

absolute ruler, despot, tyrant; see dictator.

autocrat Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • become: He concluded that the end result will be that âthe number one person must either start to become an autocrat or move onâ .
  • age: With her love of General Pinochet and his defense of the Chinese, maybe they swapped tales of the aging autocrats they had befriended?

Adjective modifier

  • absolute: You can't imagine what can be achieved in a state run by an absolute, life-and-death autocrat when the motivation's there.
autocrat Quotes

Ah God, for a man with heart, head, hand, Like some of the simple great ones gone For ever and ever by, One still strong man in a blatant land, Whatever they call him, what care I, Aristocrat, democrat, autocratöone Who can rule and dare not lie.

—Tennyson

No one can go on being a rebel too long without turning into an autocrat.

—Durrell, Lawrence George