| ADJECTIVE | all | autocratic, bossy, dominating, high-and-mighty, magisterial, peremptory | offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power |
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| all | autocratic, authoritarian, dictatorial, despotic, tyrannic, tyrannical | characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule |
| Sounds | ao.tahkrae'tihk | |
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| Rhymes | academic ... Zurich: 733 rhymes with ihk... | |
| Meaning | offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power. | |
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| Synonyms | bossy, dominating, high-and-mighty, magisterial, peremptory | |
| Broader | domineering | tending to domineer |
| Spanish | autocrático, mandón, perentorio | |
| Catalan | autocràtic, manaire, peremptori | |
| Adverbs | autocratically | in an autocratic manner |
| autocratically | in an overbearingly domineering manner | |
| Meaning | characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty. | |
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| Example | "autocratic government" | |
| Synonyms | authoritarian, dictatorial, despotic, tyrannic, tyrannical | |
| Broader | undemocratic | not in agreement with or according to democratic doctrine or practice or ideals |
| Spanish | autocrático, autoritario, despótico, dictatorial, tiránico | |
| Catalan | dictatorial, tirànic | |
| Nouns | autocrat | a cruel and oppressive dictator |
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