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.
Examples of autocratic in a Sentence. 1  democracy is supposed to protect the people against the rise of autocratic rulers. 2  an autocratic Boy Scout leader who is under the delusion that he's still an army colonel.