Vocab

AUTOCRATIC

au·to·crat·ic

adjective o-tə-kra-tik

 

1: of, relating to, or being an autocracy : absolute  

an autocratic government

2: characteristic of or resembling an autocrat : despotic  

an autocratic ruler

 

— au·to·crat·i·cal·ly adverb

Examples

1. democracy is supposed to protect the people against the rise of autocratic rulers
2. an autocratic Boy Scout leader who is under the delusion that he's still an army colonel