Autocratic

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  • adjective. Relating to or being an autocrat.
  • adjective. Tending to impose one's will on others in an insistent or arrogant manner; domineering. synonym: dictatorial.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to or of the nature of autocracy; absolute; holding independent and unlimited powers of government.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to autocracy or to an autocrat; absolute; holding independent and arbitrary powers of government.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to autocracy or to an autocrat; absolute; holding independent and arbitrary powers of government.
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to the manner of an autocrat.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty
  • adjective. offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
  • Word Usage
    "China deserves the label autocratic, but you can barely call it communist at all when they've been deliberately and openly enacting capitalist reforms for the last three decades."
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