autocratic
/ˌɔːtəˈkɹætɪk/US/ˌɑtoʊˈkɹætɪk/
autocratic adjective: of or pertaining to autocracy or to an autocrat; absolute; holding independent and arbitrary powers of government.
Adjective
autocratic (comparative more autocratic, superlative most autocratic)
- Of or pertaining to autocracy or to an autocrat; absolute; holding independent and arbitrary powers of government.
- In recent years, the prime minister has become increasingly autocratic.
- Within democracies, nationalist leaders with autocratic impulses – from outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil to presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen in France – have seen defeats in recent months.2022 December 1, John Avlon, “Opinion: The tide is turning against autocracy”, in CNN
- Synonyms:
- bossy
- Of or pertaining to the manner of an autocrat.
- Despite his lack of actual authority, his autocratic demeanour annoyed many of his colleagues.
- Donna became autocratic the day Daniel born, and she realized she had absolute power over another human being.2013, Bernardine Evaristo, Mr Loverman, Penguin Books (2020), page 213
autocratic meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
autocratic in Hindi
- autocratic, despotic
- निरंकुश niraṅkuś
autocratic in Tamil
- தன்னிச்சை, சாட்டம், தன் விருப்பப்படி செயல்படும் இயல்பு
autocratic in Urdu
- autocratic
- مطلق العنان mutlaqul-'anān
autocratic in Bengali
- স্বৈরতন্ত্র, স্বৈরশাসকের সঙ্গে সম্পর্কিত, স্বৈরাচারী, একনায়কসুলভ, একনায়কের মতো আচরণকারী, অত্যধিক কঠোর
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- autocratic in Malayalam
- ഏകാധിപത്യപരമായ, ഏകാധിപത്യസ്വഭാവമുള്ള, സമഗ്രഏകാധിപത്യസ്വഭാവമുള്ള, സ്വേച്ഛാധിപതിയായ
- autocratic in Vietnamese
- chuyên quyền
Examples of autocratic in a sentence
- He reigned in an autocratic manner.
- In practice, the Ruritanian regime is autocratic, controlling business, government, finance, and military posts.
- Hence, while preserving his autocratic power, the Czar decrees a “Gosudarstvennaia Duma,” or State Council.
Synonyms of autocratic
Forms of autocratic
| comparative | more autocratic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most autocratic |
Origin of autocratic
From autocrat + -ic, equivalent to auto- + -cratic.
Words formed from autocratic
Words that rhyme with autocratic
- automatic
- chromatic
- emphatic
- static
- systematic
- idiomatic
- attic
- hexachromatic
- thematic
- aromatic
- democratic
- hepatic
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- lymphatic
- schematic
- adiabatic
- aristocratic
- asymptomatic
- athematic
- axiomatic
- chiasmatic
- erratic
- fanatic
- fluorochromatic
- interchromatic
- phlegmatic
- prismatic
- psychosomatic
- quadchromatic
- rheumatic
- sciatic
- stromatic
- aerobatic
- altermatic
- aposematic
- asthmatic
- bathochromatic
- bizygomatic
- bureaucratic
- chorochromatic
- chromocratic
- circumzygomatic
- coccochromatic
- curatic
- diabatic
- dyschromatic
- endolymphatic
- episematic
- epistatic
- frontozygomatic
- glymphatic
- goniochromatic
- graphematic
- herostratic
- hydroinformatic
- idiosyncratic
- immunochromatic
- infrazygomatic
- interzygomatic
- katabatic
- kinechromatic
Questions about autocratic
- What does autocratic mean?
- Autocratic means of or pertaining to autocracy or to an autocrat; absolute; holding independent and arbitrary powers of government.
- What is autocratic in Hindi?
- Autocratic in Hindi is निरंकुश (niraṅkuś). See Autocratic meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is autocratic?
- Autocratic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce autocratic?
- Autocratic is pronounced /ˌɔːtəˈkɹætɪk/ (UK).
Words near autocratic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: autocratic (page history and authors); निरंकुश (Hindi) (page history and authors); autocratic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); مطلق العنان (Urdu) (page history and authors); autocratic (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); autocratic (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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