autocratic

autocratic
I
(Roget's IV) modif.
1. [ Said of persons ]
Syn. domineering, dictatorial, tyrannical, authoritarian, imperious, self-willed, officious, strict, severe, dogmatic, despotic, inquisitorial, authoritative, overbearing, peremptory, arrogant, repressive, harsh, inflexible, arbitrary, oppressive, cruel, grinding, exacting, unrelenting, heavy-handed, iron-handed, megalomaniacal, monomaniacal, power-crazed, power-mad, petulant, willful, headstrong, highhanded, bossy*, like godalmighty*, high-and-mighty*.
Ant. lenient*, submissive, affable.
2. [ Said of governments ]
Syn. despotic, dictatorial, absolutistic; see absolute 3 .
II
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Having and exercising complete political power and control: absolute, absolutistic, arbitrary, autarchic, autarchical, autocratical, despotic, dictatorial, monocratic, totalitarian, tyrannic, tyrannical, tyrannous. See OVER, POLITICS. 2. Characterized by or favoring absolute obedience to authority: authoritarian, despotic, dictatorial, totalitarian, tyrannic, tyrannical. See OVER.

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