autocratic

Words with a similar base: autocratic

'autocratic'

[autocratic.s.01] as in: offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power

Examples:
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

'autocratic'

[authoritarian.s.01] as in: characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty

Examples:
an authoritarian regime
autocratic government
despotic rulers
a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war
a tyrannical government

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