autocratic has definitions from the field of politics
1
[ adjective ] offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power

Examples

"an autocratic person" "autocratic behavior" "a bossy way of ordering others around" "a rather aggressive and dominating character" "a swaggering peremptory manner"

Related terms

domineering

2
[ adjective ] (politics) relating to or of the nature of or having characteristics of an autocracy

Synonyms

autocratical

Examples

"an autocratic government" "autocratic political rule"

Related terms

autocracy autocracy

3
[ adjective ] of the nature of or relating to an autocrat

Synonyms

autocratical

Examples

"an autocratic ruler"

Related terms

tyrant tyrant

4
[ adjective ] (politics) characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty

Examples

"an authoritarian regime" "autocratic government" "despotic rulers" "a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war" "a tyrannical government"

Related terms

undemocratic

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