autocratic
14
8.0
- adjective
- /ˌɔːtəˈkrætɪk/
:
autocrático
- In an autocratic system, citizens have little say in the government's actions.
- autocratic style
- autocratic system
- autocratic regimes
You can have an autocratic team where a leader just makes a decision.
- You can have an autocratic team where a leader just makes a decision.
- It's all too tempting to try to sweep under the rug the atrocities of autocratic allies.
- The last thing you want to do with that kind of child is take an authoritarian, autocratic, do as I tell you right now approach.
- So if we think the democracy is a good thing, why do we allow our workplaces to be run in autocratic ways?
- But it is because of politicians want to lie to the electorate to prime them for an oligarchical, autocratic regime.
- Do you think that it's possible that actually an autocratic society has more growth potential than a democratic society?
- He also had problems within the army, as Duan's attempts at autocratic rule had caused disgruntled officers to form dissident groups known as cliques.
- Lex is an autocratic, repressive regime that invades its neighbors in the name of its own security, something new in Russian history.
- And one of them is you get weird and you get autocratic.
- You know the that his if he were to win again, it is it is dark, deep revenge seeking autocratic administration.
- He had actually taken his own brothers, the autocratic Abdel Hamid's throne after he was deposed in the revolution.
Examples
-
As a result, this autocratic style of leadership discourages creativity and innovation.
Academic text (2011) -
You can have an autocratic team where a leader just makes a decision.
-
In most places, it's either autocratic or democratic.
-
Do you think that it's possible that actually an autocratic society has more growth potential than a democratic society?
-
But this is the intended consequence of an autocratic country.
-
So the Kingdom might become more autocratic, but it also might become more free, which is a paradox.
-
You could have a an autocratic country where a minority pretty much rules everything and dictates to everybody else.
-
It gives the impression of autocratic leadership.
-
In the past, the United States had supported autocratic regimes in South Asia, primarily for strategic reasons.
Academic text (1992) -
For almost all of its history, Burma has been ruled by autocratic monarchs and military leaders.
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
58
7.5
Expecting people to follow orders and allowing little freedom
25
7.9
Using power to treat people cruelly and unfairly
16
7.7
Having complete control and expecting people to obey without question
8
8.4
A ruler who uses cruel and total power over people
1
9.9
Using unfair, cruel power to control people
1
5.6
Trying to control other people in a forceful or unfair way
A leader who has harsh, total power and treats people unfairly
Having very strong, unfair power that controls or hurts people
A government led by one person with all the power
Supporting total power for one person or group without limits
Having absolute political control or complete economic self-sufficiency
Antonyms
Compounds
How Autocratic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Autocratic comes from Greek parts auto- meaning 'self', as in automatic, and -crat from kratos meaning 'power' or 'rule'. So an autocratic leader rules alone with complete control and decides without asking others.