Adjective: autocratic ,o-tu'kra-tik
- Characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty
"autocratic government";
- authoritarian, dictatorial, despotic, tyrannic, tyrannical
- Offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
"an autocratic person"; "autocratic behaviour";
- bossy, dominating, high-and-mighty [informal], magisterial, peremptory
See also: domineering, undemocratic
Encyclopedia: Autocratic