Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: autocratic
IPA transcription: [,ɔtəkɹ'ætɪk]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: authoritarian, autocratic, dictatorial, despotic, tyrannic, tyrannical
    Meaning: characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty; "an authoritarian regime"; "autocratic government"; "despotic rulers"; "a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war"; "a tyrannical government"
  • Synonyms: autocratic, bossy, dominating, high-and-mighty, magisterial, peremptory
    Meaning: offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power; "an autocratic person"; "autocratic behavior"; "a bossy way of ordering others around"; "a rather aggressive and dominating character"; "managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way"; "a swaggering peremptory manner"
Usage examples
  • Moreover, they regarded the German imperial government as an autocratic power wielded in the interest of an ambitious military party.
  • In private life he was fond of music, art, and literature; but in public life he was autocratic as a czar and sternly righteous as a prophet.