autocratic

Speech parts

1. autocratic - Adjective

2. autocratic - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Alt. of Autocratical

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

dictatorial tyrannical despotic authoritarian peremptory magisterial bossy dominating tyrannic high-and-mighty monocratic republican imperial nazi tsarist
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Antonyms

republican federalist meek democratic common limited
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Related terms

autocrat autocracy

Phrases with the word

autocratic mood less autocratic autocratic administration autocratic government autocratic woman autocratic monarchy

Anagrams

actuatoric

Examples

Autocratic governments are masters of self-contradiction. They say one thing, do another. Alastair Reynolds

Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government, which sooner or later becomes autocratic government. William Lyon Mackenzie King

Revolutionaries knew quite well that the autocratic Empire, with its hangmen, its pogroms, its finery, its famines, its Siberian jails and ancient iniquity, could never survive the war. Victor Serge

The checks and balances is a way to prevent government from either devolving into an autocratic tyranny or an autocratic mob mentality. Beau Willimon

Muslims have their own traditions. The important point to bear in mind is that the whole Muslim tradition is totally and unequivocally opposed to autocratic and oppressive government. This is very, very clear. Bernard Lewis

I played a lot of leaders, autocratic sorts; perhaps it was my Canadian accent. Leslie Nielsen

Close letter words and terms

autocracy autocrash autocrat autocratic administration autocratic government autocratic monarchy