autocratic

From autocrat +‎ -ic, equivalent to auto- +‎ -cratic.

• Rhymes: -ætɪk

autocratic (comparative more autocratic, superlative most autocratic)

1. Of or pertaining to autocracy or to an autocrat; absolute; holding independent and arbitrary powers of government.

   In recent years, the prime minister has become increasingly autocratic.

   • 2022 December 1, John Avlon, “Opinion: The tide is turning against autocracy”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Within democracies, nationalist leaders with autocratic impulses – from outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil to presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen in France – have seen defeats in recent months.

2. (derogatory) Of or pertaining to the manner of an autocrat.

   Despite his lack of actual authority, his autocratic demeanour annoyed many of his colleagues.

   • 2013, Bernardine Evaristo, Mr Loverman, Penguin Books (2020), page 213:

     Donna became autocratic the day Daniel born, and she realized she had absolute power over another human being.

• (political system) authoritarian, despotic, dictatorial, monocratic, tyrannical
• (fig.) See Thesaurus:bossy

• autocracy, autocrat

• “autocratic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• actuatoric

Borrowed from French autocratique. By surface analysis, autocrat +‎ -ic.

autocratic m or n (feminine singular autocratică, masculine plural autocratici, feminine and neuter plural autocratice)

1. autocratic