autocratic
1autocratic — AUTOCRÁTIC, Ă, autocratici, ce, adj. Care are caracter de autocraţie; care are puteri absolute. [pr.: a u ] – Din fr. autocratique. Trimis de ana zecheru, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98 AUTOCRÁTIC adj. v. absolutist. Trimis de siveco, 13.09.2007.… …
2autocratic — UK US /ˌɔːtəˈkrætɪk/ adjective POLITICS, WORKPLACE ► controlled by one leader who has total power, and who does not allow anyone else to make decisions: autocratic leadership/management/company »An autocratic management style often results in… …
3Autocratic — Au to*crat ic, Autocratical Au to*crat ic*al, a. Of or pertaining to autocracy or to an autocrat; absolute; holding independent and arbitrary powers of government. {Au to*crat ic*al*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] …
4autocratic — index dictatorial, powerful, strict Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
5autocratic — (adj.) 1823, from Fr. autocratique, from autocrate, from Gk. autokrates (see AUTOCRAT (Cf. autocrat)). Earlier autocratoric (1670s) was directly from Gk. autokratorikos. Autocratical is attested from 1801 …
6autocratic — arbitrary, *absolute, despotic, tyrannical, tyrannous Analogous words: *dictatorial, magisterial: authoritarian, *totalitarian: *masterful, domineering, imperious: overbearing, arrogant (see PROUD) Contrasted words: yielding, deferring,… …
7autocratic — [adj] holding power exclusively absolute, all powerful, arbitrary, bossy, czarlike, despotic, dictatorial, domineering, driving, imperious, monocratic, pushing, tyrannical, tyrannous; concepts 319,536 Ant. democratic …
8autocratic — autocratically, adv. /aw teuh krat ik/, adj. 1. pertaining to or of the nature of autocracy or of an autocrat; absolute: autocratic government. 2. like an autocrat; tyrannical; despotic; domineering: autocratic behavior; an autocratic person.… …
9autocratic — adjective 1. 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… …
10autocratic — also autocratical adjective Date: 1823 1. of, relating to, or being an autocracy ; absolute < an autocratic government > 2. characteristic of or resembling an autocrat ; despotic < an autocratic ruler > • autocra …
