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]