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}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0