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.
Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  dictatorially, autocratically, magisterially(adverb) in an overbearingly domineering manner; as a dictator. this manager acts dictatorially toward his colleagues. 2  autocratically(adverb) in an autocratic manner. the Czars ruled Russia autocratically.