autocrat

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autocrat

/ˈɔːtəkɹæt/

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French autocrate, itself from Ancient Greek αὐτοκρατής (autokratḗs, “sovereign”), from αὐτο- (auto-, “self”) (combining form of αὐτός (autós)) + κράτος (krátos, “strength, power”) + -ης (-ēs). By surface analysis, auto- + -crat.

noun autocrats

An absolute ruler with infinite power. Your salary is high; you are to have apartments in the house; and to be the autocrat of the library, where, I shrewdly suspect, your reign will be undisturbed.
Similar: autocrator, despot, dictator, monarch, tyrant, strongman
A title borne by some such monarchs, as in Byzantium and tsarist Russia.
Until the 20th century, a favorable description of a ruler who was connected with the concept of lack of conflicts of interest and an indication of grandeur and power.

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noun ruler with absolute power

Español	autócrata
한국어	독재자 dokjaeja
日本語	独裁者 dokusaisha
中文	獨裁者 /独裁者 dúcáizhě
हिन्दी	तानाशाह tānāśāh
Português	autocrata
Français	autocrate
Deutsch	Autokrat, Autokratin
Italiano	autocrate
Ελληνικά	δεσπότης despótis
Română	autocrat
Русский	автокра́т avtokrát, самоде́ржец samodéržec, самодержа́вец samoderžávec
Tiếng Việt	người chuyên quyền
العربية	مُسْتَبِدّ mustabidd, جَبَّار jabbār
עברית	אוטוֹקְרָט aotokrát

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@misc{autocrat_2026,
  title = {autocrat},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/autocrat},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}