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autocratic
adjective
Characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty
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adjective
Characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty
“An authoritarian regime”
adjective
Offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
“An autocratic person”
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An authoritarian regime
Autocratic government
Despotic rulers
A dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war
A tyrannical government
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
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