From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Governmentautocratau‧to‧crat /ˈɔːtəkræt $ ˈɒː-/ noun [countable]1TELL/ORDER somebody TO DO somethingsomeone who makes decisions and gives orders to people without asking them for their opinion2PGGOVERNMENTa ruler who has complete power over a country —autocratic /ˌɔːtəˈkrætɪk◂ $ ˌɒː-/ adjective
an autocratic leadership style —autocratically /-kli/ adverbExamples from the Corpusautocrat• He governed as an autocrat but also as a twentieth-century politician.• But the self-madebillionaire is an autocrat who seems not to understand the essentials of democracy.• But the blood-and-iron autocrats did not help the kid-glove moderates.• In others Communistapparatchiksremade themselves as nationalistautocrats, and stifled democracy in its crib.• After an upbringing like his, dealing with an old autocrat like Balestre was, well, child's play.• Faced with public anger about the Gulf war, the royalautocrat did make some concessions.
