|ȯd.]ə|krad.ik, |ȯt], ]ō-, -atik, -ēk adjective
also au·to·crat·i·cal -ə̇kəl, -ēk-\
1. : of the nature of or relating to an autocrat : having absolute and sole control : favoring autocracy : despotic
an autocratic ruler
those who have long been in the habit of exercising power become autocratic and quarrelsome — Bertrand Russell
2. : of the nature of or relating to an autocracy : having the characteristics of an autocracy : marked by the exercising or favoring of absolute and sole control
an autocratic government
history of autocratic political rule and economic backwardness — Vera M. Dean
Synonyms: see absolute