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Definition: Autocratic |
AutocraticAdjective1. Of the nature of or relating to an autocrat; "an autocratic ruler". 2. Relating to or of the nature of or having characteristics of an autocracy; "an autocratic government"; "autocratic political rule". 3. Offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power; "an autocratic person"; "autocratic behavior"; "a bossy way of ordering others around"; "a rather aggressive and dominating character"; "managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way"; "a swaggering peremptory manner". 4. Characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty; "an authoritarian regime"; "autocratic government"; "despotic rulers"; "a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war"; "a tyrannical government". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "autocratic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1790. (references) |
Synonyms: AutocraticSynonyms: authoritarian (adj), autocratical (adj), bossy (adj), despotic (adj), dictatorial (adj), dominating (adj), high-and-mighty (adj), magisterial (adj), peremptory (adj), tyrannical (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Government | Adjective: regal, sovereign, governing; royal, royalist; monarchical, kingly; imperial, imperiatorial; princely; feudal; aristocratic, autocratic; oligarchic; Noun: republican, dynastic. |
Will | Minded; (willing); prepense; (predetermined); intended; autocratic; unbidden; (bid; ); spontaneous; original; (casual); unconstrained. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Autocratic |
| English words defined with "autocratic": autocratical, autocratically ♦ bossy ♦ dominating, domineer ♦ high-and-mighty ♦ Machiavellianism, magisterial ♦ peremptory ♦ tyrannize. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Autocratic" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Romanian (autocratic, autocratical, autocratically). |
| Domain | Title |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Guyana | From December 1964 until his death in August 1985, Forbes Burnham ruled Guyana in an increasingly autocratic manner, first as prime minister and later, after the adoption of a new constitution in 1980, as executive president. (references) |
Political Economy | Pakistan | Bhutto's centralizing policies and autocratic ways galvanized the opposition, which challenged his sweeping victory in the March 1977 national elections. (references) |
Worker Rights | Thailand | In practice genuine collective bargaining occurs only in a small fraction of workplaces and in most instances continues to be characterized by a lack of sophistication on the part of worker groups and autocratic attitudes on the part of employers. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Autocratic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.03% of the time. "Autocratic" is used about 206 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 99.03% | 204 | 21,327 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.97% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 206 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
autocratic leadership | 15 |
autocratic | 13 |
autocratic leadership style | 5 |
autocratic management style | 3 |
autocratic government | 3 |
autocratic management | 2 |
autocratic group stability style | 2 |
autocratic leader | 2 |
above authoritarian autocratic leader leadership style think time use when | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "autocratic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | autokratik (autocratical), i pakufizuar (absolute, autocratical, dateless, termless, unbounded, unconditioned, unlimited, unqualified, unreserved, unrestricted). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | إستبدادي (absolute, arbitrary, dictatorial, imperial, totalitarian, tyrannical, tyrannous), أتوقراطي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | самодържавен (autocratical), неограничен (absolute, autocratical, clear, limitless, plenary, plenipotentiary, sovereign, stintless, termless, unbounded, unconditioned, unconstrained, unlimited, unreserved, unrestricted, unstinted, untrammelled, wide). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 独裁 (authoritarian, Autocratical, Autocratically, Bossy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | autokratický. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | autocratisch. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | aŭtokrata. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مستقل (Absolute, Free, Independent, Maverick, Realty), مطلق (Absolute, Abstract, Arbitrary, Downright, Free, Implicit, Positive, Sheer, Slick, Stark, Total, Unconditional, Unrestrained, Utter), استبدادی (Absolute, Reactionary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | yksinvaltainen, itsevaltainen (arbitrary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | autocratique. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | autokratisch (autocratical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | απολυταρχικόσ (absolute, absolutist, authoritarian, autocratical, despotic, totalitarian), αυταρχικόσ (autocratical, bossy, despotic, imperious, magisterial, officious, overbearing, peremptory, self-assertive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | zsarnoki (autocratical, despotic, heavy-handed, imperious, masterful, procrustean, tyrannical, tyrannous), önkényeskedõ (autocratical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 독재 (Autocratical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | slane-reiltagh (autocrat, autocratical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | autocraticay autocrático (autocratical). (various references) autocratic (autocratical, autocratically). (various references) самодержавный (autocratical, Caesarian), властный (autocratical, bossy, dictatorial, domineering, high handed, high-handed, imperious, masterful, overbearing), неограниченный (absolute, autocratical, illimitable, indefinite, plenipotentiary, unbounded, unconditioned, unconfined, unlimited, unltd, unrestricted). (various references) autokratski (autocratical). (various references) autocrático (autocratical). (various references) autokratisk, enväldig (despotism, sovereign). (various references) ที่มีอำนาจเ"็"ขา". (various references) zorba (autocratical, bully, despot, extortioner, extortionist, high handed, imperious, overbearing, persecutor, procrustean, rapacious, ravisher, rowdy, ruffian), otokratik (autocratical), dikta (autocratical, diktat), despot (autocratical, despot, despotic, despotical, tyrant). (various references) самовладний (absolute, autocratical, despotic, despotical), самодержавний (autocratical, caesarean, monarchical, sovereign), деспотичний (arbitrary, autocratical, despotic, despotical, domineering, imperious, oppressive, satrapic, satrapical, tyrannic, tyrannical, tyrannous), диктаторський (autocratical, dictatorial). (various references) chuyên quyền (arbitrarily, arbitrary, autocratical). (various references) awtocratig. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Avestan | 200-600 | vairîm. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "autocratic": autocratical, autocratically. (additional references) | |
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"Autocratic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: auctoritee, autoceratic, autocrataic, autocrate, autocratie, autocrtic. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "autocratic" (pronounced ô'tukra"tik) |
| 8 | -t u k r a" t i k | aristocratic. |
| 7 | -u k r a" t i k | bureaucratic, democratic, technocratic, theocratic, undemocratic. |
| 6 | -k r a" t i k | idiosyncratic. |
| 5 | -r a" t i k | erratic. |
| 4 | -a" t i k | acrobatic, aerobatic, aromatic, asthmatic, asymptomatic, attic, automatic, axiomatic, charismatic, cinematic, climatic, diagrammatic, diplomatic, dogmatic, dramatic, ecstatic, electrostatic, emblematic, emphatic, enigmatic, enzymatic, fanatic, hepatic, homeostatic, idiomatic, lymphatic, mathematic, melodramatic, monochromatic, numismatic, operatic, pancreatic, phosphatic, pneumatic, posttraumatic, pragmatic, prismatic, problematic, programmatic, prostatic, psychosomatic, rheumatic, schematic, semiautomatic, static, symptomatic, systematic, thematic, traumatic, undiplomatic. |
| 3 | -t i k | acetic, acoustic, aesthetic, agnostic, alphabetic, altruistic, amniotic, anachronistic, analytic, anesthetic, antagonistic, Antarctic, antibiotic, antic, anticlimactic, antiseptic, aortic, apathetic, apocalyptic, apologetic, apoplectic, aquatic, arctic, arithmetic, arthritic, artistic, ascetic, astronautic, atavistic, atheistic, athletic, authentic, autistic, ballistic, bombastic, capitalistic, catalytic, cathartic, caustic, chaotic, characteristic, chauvinistic, chiropractic, climactic, coloristic, cosmetic, critic, cryptic, cultic, cystic, dendritic, despotic, deterministic, diabetic, diagnostic, dialectic, diamagnetic, didactic, dietetic, diuretic, domestic, drastic, drumstick, dualistic, dynastic, ecclesiastic, eclectic, ecliptic, elastic, electrolytic, electromagnetic, emetic, empathetic, energetic, enthusiastic, epigenetic, epileptic, erotic, euphemistic, evangelistic, exotic, expressionistic, extragalactic, fantastic, fatalistic, ferromagnetic, feudalistic, fiberoptic, frantic, frenetic, futuristic, galactic, genetic, geomagnetic, gigantic, granitic, gymnastic, halophytic, hectic, hedonistic, hemolytic, heretic, hermaphroditic, holistic, homiletic, humanistic, hyperkinetic, hypnotic, iconoclastic, idealistic, idiotic, imperialistic, impressionistic, individualistic, inelastic, interscholastic, jingoistic, journalistic, kinesthetic, kinetic, lactic, legalistic, linguistic, logistic, magnetic, majestic, masochistic, materialistic, mechanistic, militaristic, monastic, monopolistic, moralistic, mystic, narcissistic, narcotic, nationalistic, naturalistic, neritic, neurotic, novelistic, oligopolistic, onomastic, opportunistic, optic, optimistic, orthodontic, pantheistic, paralytic, paramagnetic, parasitic, parasympathetic, parthenogenetic, paternalistic, pathetic, patriotic, patristic, pectic, pedantic, peptic, peripatetic, pessimistic, phonetic, plastic, pluralistic, poetic, polytheistic, porphyritic, primitivistic, propagandistic, prophetic, prophylactic, prosthetic, psychoanalytic, psychotherapeutic, psychotic, puristic, quixotic, realistic, relativistic, ritualistic, robotic, romantic, rustic, sadistic, sarcastic, scholastic, semantic, semiotic, sensationalistic, septic, simplistic, skeptic, socialistic, statistic, stylistic, surrealistic, sycophantic, symbiotic, sympathetic, synergistic, synthetic, tactic, terroristic, therapeutic, thermoplastic, thrombolytic, transatlantic, triptych, unapologetic, unauthentic, uncharacteristic, unenthusiastic, unpatriotic, unrealistic, unsympathetic, voyeuristic. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-i-o-r-t-t-u" | |
-2 letters: actuator, autocrat. | |
-3 letters: acrotic, atactic, carioca, citator, curacao, curacoa, ricotta, toccata. | |
-4 letters: aortic, arctic, cottar, outact, tactic, tictac, tictoc, tricot, turaco, uratic. | |
-5 letters: acari, actor, aorta, atria, attar, attic, auric, cacao, cacti, carat, circa, coact, coati, coria, cotta, court, croci, curia, curio, occur, ottar, ratio, riata, tacit, taroc, tarot, tatar, tiara, toric, tract, trait. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-c-i-o-r-t-t-u" | |
+2 letters: autocratical. | |
+3 letters: acculturation. | |
+4 letters: acculturations, autocratically. | |
+5 letters: acculturational, plutocratically, ultrademocratic. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Translations: Ancient 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Bibliography |
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