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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