Autocratic meaning

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Relating to or being an autocrat.
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Tending to impose one's will on others in an insistent or arrogant manner; domineering.
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Of or pertaining to autocracy or to an autocrat; absolute; holding independent and arbitrary powers of government.

In recent times the British prime minister has become increasingly autocratic.

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Of or pertaining to the manner of an autocrat.

Despite his lack of any actual authority his autocratic demeanour annoyed many of his colleagues.

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Autocratic Sentence Examples

  • At the age of twenty he found himself possessed of effective autocratic power.

  • Chasles suggests 3 - as " a limited monarchy under an autocratic emperor."

  • All this, however, did not argue an intention on the part of the government to revert to the autocratic status quo.

  • Even in autocratic regimes, truth has a way of seeping in—which means today's dwindling crop of dictators has a serious problem.

  • The defeat of General Pepe by the Austrians at Rieti (March 7, 1821) and the re-establishment of King Ferdinands autocratic power under the protection of Austrian bayonets were the effective assertion of this principle.

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