adj. Of or pertaining to autocracy or to an autocrat; absolute; holding independent and arbitrary powers of government.
adj. Of or pertaining to the manner of an autocrat.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Of or pertaining to autocracy or to an autocrat; absolute; holding independent and arbitrary powers of government.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Pertaining to or of the nature of autocracy; absolute; holding independent and unlimited powers of government.
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adj. characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty
adj. 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."