autocratic


autocratic (http://definr.com/autocratic)

     adj 1: of the nature of or relating to an autocrat; "an autocratic
            ruler" [syn: autocratical]
     2: relating to or of the nature of or having characteristics of
        an autocracy; "an autocratic government"; "autocratic
        political rule" [syn: autocratical]
     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" [syn: bossy, dominating, high-and-mighty,
         magisterial, peremptory]
     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" [syn: authoritarian, dictatorial,
         despotic, tyrannical]