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• s  offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
  an autocratic person
  autocratic behavior
• s  characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty
  autocratic government

• The players revolted against the autocratic manner of the coach and did not turn up for practice.
• An autocratic manner of functioning may work for sometime but will be counter productive in the long run.
• In the aftermath of the turmoil in the Middle East, some of the autocratic leaders had to make way for the democratic systems to sprout.

• bossy
• dominating
• high-and-mighty
• magisterial
• peremptory
• authoritarian
• dictatorial
• despotic
• tyrannic
• tyrannical

News & Articles

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• Anti-Government Protests In Turkey Reach Syrian Border
  The anti-government protests taking place across Turkey have not bypassed Antakya, down near the Syrian border. Nightly marches and demonstrations take place in the majority Alawite part of the city, but the protesters are a mix of minority Alawites and majority Sunni Muslims. In addition to the common complaints that Prime Minister Erdogan is growing more autocratic, some are convinced that the ...
  June 19, 2013 - NPR
• Italy's 5-Star seeks expulsion of rebel who criticized founder
  ROME (Reuters) - Lawmakers from Italy's anti-establishment 5-Star Movement agreed on Monday to hold an online vote on the expulsion of a senator who publicly attacked its founder, Beppe Grillo, raising the risk of a split in the group. Senator Adele Gambaro last week openly expressed her unhappiness with Grillo's autocratic style, blaming him for 5-Star's poor showing in recent local elections ...
  June 17, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• chairman Prachanda in BBC News
  They king's concession was "a new ploy to break the Nepali people and save his autocratic monarchy", said Maoist leader Prachanda in a statement.
• Ijaz Butt in BBC Sport
  Inzamam became an autocratic and introverted captain after the Oval fiasco last year and his refusal to go on the field was overlooked by then PCB [Pakistan Cricket Board] chairman Shaharyar Khan,said Butt. "When the Board sent a selector...
• Shimon Peres in Jerusalem Post
  Speaking of future challenges to the Jewish state's survival, Peres noted that "there are still those who wish to annihilate us. And at their head, the autocratic Iranian regime that seeks to cast its rule over the Middle East, silence it with...