The term has also been used as an approbation or form of praise. This may refer to the recipient's status as the leader or authority within a particular context, or it might be assumed to be a shortened form of a phrase like He is the man (who is in charge).
autocratic - 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. authoritarian, tyrannic, tyrannical, despotic, dictatorial.
Aristocracy: A form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the principal persons of a state, or in a privileged order; an oligarchy. Autocracy: Government by a single person having unlimited power; despotism (domination through threat of punishment and violence).eritocracy: A group of leaders or officeholders selected on the basis of individual ability or achievement. Monarchy: a government in which power is vested in a king, queen, emperor or empress who can pass power on to his heirs.