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Definition of Autocratically

1. Adverb. In an overbearingly domineering manner; as a dictator. "This manager acts dictatorially toward his colleagues"

2. Adverb. In an autocratic manner. "The Czars ruled Russia autocratically"

Definition of Autocratically

1. Adverb. In an autocratic manner. ¹

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Definition of Autocratically

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Autocratically

autocorrection autocorrections autocorrelated autocorrelation autocorrelational autocorrelations autocorrelator autocorrelators autocovariance autocracies

autocracy autocrat autocratic autocratical autocratically (current term) autocrator autocratorical autocrators autocratrices autocratrix

autocrats autocrime autocrimes autocrine autocrine communication autocrine hypothesis autocrine motility factor autocritical autocritique

Literary usage of Autocratically

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Empire and the Century: A Series of Essays on Imperial Problems and by Charles Sydney Goldman (1905)
"The residue, some three hundred and fifty millions, are governed autocratically—using this word in its correct sense — by Government which, although bound ..."

2. World War Issues and Ideals: Readings in Contemporary History and Literature by Morris Edmund Speare (1918)
"It has also been proved that democratic armies fight better than armies aristocratically organized and autocratically governed ; or, in other words, ..."

3. What I Remember by Thomas Adolphus Trollope (1888)
"... as the reader may have perceived from my Winchester reminiscences, were not accustomed to be ruled autocratically. We lived under the empire, ..."

4. Religious Systems of the World: A Contribution to the Study of Comparative by South Place Ethical Society (London, England) (1892)
"Any form of government (even that called " collective ") acts autocratically, and in its own name, as Government. Wherever and so long as there ..."

5. Representative Government: The True Method of Reaching Concerted Action and by Thomas Darlington Ingram (1884)
"... to an oligarchy exercising original sovereign powers,—it has afforded the opportunity for these few men to autocratically continue themselves in power, ..."

6. Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey (1916)
"In an autocratically managed society, it is often a conscious object to prevent the development of freedom and responsibility; a few do the planning and ..."

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