autocratic

au·to·crat·ic

adjective \ˌȯ-tə-ˈkra-tik\

Definition of AUTOCRATIC

1

: of, relating to, or being an autocracy : absolute <an autocratic government>

2

: characteristic of or resembling an autocrat : despotic <an autocratic ruler>

— au·to·crat·i·cal·ly \-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb

Variants of AUTOCRATIC

au·to·crat·ic also au·to·crat·i·cal \-ti-kəl\

Examples of AUTOCRATIC

1. <democracy is supposed to protect the people against the rise of autocratic rulers>
2. <an autocratic Boy Scout leader who is under the delusion that he's still an army colonel>

First Known Use of AUTOCRATIC

1823

Related to AUTOCRATIC

Synonyms

arbitrary, absolute (also autocratical), czarist (also tsarist or tzarist), despotic, dictatorial, monocratic, tyrannical (also tyrannic), tyrannous

Antonyms

limited

Related Words

authoritarian, jackbooted, oppressive, totalitarian; antidemocratic, antirepublican; high-handed, magisterial; domineering, imperious, masterful; all-powerful, almighty, omnipotent; autonomous, self-governing, self-ruling, sovereign (also sovran); unconditional, unlimited

Near Antonyms

circumscribed, restrained, restricted; constitutional, lawful; democratic, republican

Other Government and Politics Terms

agent provocateur, agitprop, autarky, cabal, egalitarianism, federalism, hegemony, plenipotentiary, popular sovereignty, socialism

Rhymes with AUTOCRATIC

achromatic, acrobatic, aerobatic, anabatic, antistatic, aromatic, Asiatic, astigmatic, automatic, bureaucratic, charismatic, cinematic, democratic, diplomatic, Eleatic, emblematic, enzymatic, Hanseatic, hieratic, Hippocratic, hydrostatic, kerygmatic, kleptocratic, melismatic, mobocratic, monocratic, morganatic, numismatic, operatic, phallocratic, photostatic, plutocratic, pre-Socratic, problematic, programmatic, symptomatic, systematic, technocratic, theocratic, thermostatic, undogmatic, undramatic