"autocrat" meaning in English

See autocrat in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈɔːtəkɹæt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-autocrat.wav Forms: autocrats [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French autocrate, itself from Ancient Greek αὐτοκρατής (autokratḗs, “sovereign”), from αὐτο- (auto-, “self”) (combinatory form of αὐτός (autós)) + κρατία (kratía, “rule”) (from κράτος (krátos, “strength, power”)). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|autocrate}} French autocrate, {{der|en|grc|αὐτοκρατής|t=sovereign}} Ancient Greek αὐτοκρατής (autokratḗs, “sovereign”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} autocrat (plural autocrats)
  1. An absolute ruler with infinite power. Synonyms: autocrator, despot, dictator, monarch, tyrant, strongman Translations (ruler with absolute power): autokrat [masculine] (Albanian), مُسْتَبِدّ (mustabidd) [masculine] (Arabic), جَبَّار (jabbār) [masculine] (Arabic), ինքնակալ (inkʻnakal) (Armenian), avtokrat (Azerbaijani), аўтакра́т (aŭtakrát) [masculine] (Belarusian), аўтакра́тка (aŭtakrátka) [feminine] (Belarusian), самаўла́дца (samaŭládca) [masculine] (Belarusian), самадзе́ржац (samadzjéržac) [masculine] (Belarusian), автокра́т (avtokrát) [masculine] (Bulgarian), автокра́тка (avtokrátka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), самодържа́вец (samodǎržávec) [masculine] (Bulgarian), သက်ဦးဆံပိုင် (sak-u:hcampuing) (Burmese), autòcrata [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), 獨裁者 (Chinese Mandarin), 独裁者 (dúcáizhě) (Chinese Mandarin), samovládce [masculine] (Czech), autokrat [masculine] (Czech), autokrat [common-gender] (Danish), autocraat [masculine] (Dutch), alleenheerser [masculine] (Dutch), aŭtokrato (Esperanto), autokraat (Estonian), einaveldisharri [masculine] (Faroese), einaræðisharri [masculine] (Faroese), itsevaltias (Finnish), autocrate [feminine, masculine] (French), ავტოკრატი (avṭoḳraṭi) (Georgian), Autokrat [masculine] (German), Autokratin [feminine] (German), δεσπότης (despótis) [masculine] (Greek), אוטוֹקְרָט (aotokrát) [masculine] (Hebrew), तानाशाह (tānāśāh) [masculine] (Hindi), zsarnok (Hungarian), autokrato (Ido), autokrat (Indonesian), uathlathaí [masculine] (Irish), autocrate [masculine] (Italian), 独裁者 (dokusaisha) (alt: どくさいしゃ) (Japanese), автократ (avtokrat) (Kazakh), អត្តាធិបតី (ʼattaathipaʼdəy) (Khmer), 독재자 (dokjaeja) (alt: 獨裁者) (Korean), автократ (avtokrat) (Kyrgyz), ຜະເດັດການ (pha det kān) (Lao), autokrāts [masculine] (Latvian), patvaldnieks [masculine] (Latvian), autokratas [masculine] (Lithuanian), autokratė [feminine] (Lithuanian), автокра́т (avtokrát) [masculine] (Macedonian), автокра́тка (avtokrátka) [feminine] (Macedonian), autokrat (Malay), дарангуйлагч (darangujlagč) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ᠳᠠᠷᠤᠩᠭᠤᠢᠯᠠᠭᠴᠢ (darungɣuilaɣči) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), autokrat [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), خدایگان (xodâygân) (Persian), خداوندگار (xodâvandgâr) (Persian), خداوند (xodâvand) (Persian), خودکامه (xodkâme) (Persian), مستبد (mostabedd) (Persian), autokrata [masculine] (Polish), autokratka [feminine] (Polish), samowładca [masculine] (Polish), samowładczyni [feminine] (Polish), autocrata [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), autocrat [masculine] (Romanian), автокра́т (avtokrát) [masculine] (Russian), самоде́ржец (samodéržec) [masculine] (Russian), самодержа́вец (samoderžávec) [masculine] (Russian), самодр̀жац [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), самовла̀да̄р [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ауто̀кра̄т [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), samodr̀žac [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), samovlàdār [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), autòkrāt [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), autokrat [masculine] (Slovak), samovládca [masculine] (Slovak), avtokrat [masculine] (Slovene), avtokratinja [feminine] (Slovene), autócrata [masculine] (Spanish), autokrat [common-gender] (Swedish), självhärskare [common-gender] (Swedish), envåldshärskare [common-gender] (Swedish), автократ (avtokrat) (Tajik), мустабид (mustabid) (Tajik), เผด็จการ (pà-dèt-gaan) (Thai), otokrat (Turkish), awtokrat (Turkmen), автокра́т (avtokrát) [masculine] (Ukrainian), автокра́тка (avtokrátka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), самоде́ржець (samodéržecʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), самодержа́вець (samoderžávecʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), avtokrat (Uzbek), người chuyên quyền (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-autocrat-en-noun-jemrD7zn Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Hindi translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 17 42 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 26 37 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 14 41 45 Disambiguation of 'ruler with absolute power': 74 0 26
  2. A title borne by some such monarchs, as in Byzantium and tsarist Russia.
    Sense id: en-autocrat-en-noun-hHxQ3Dp3 Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 17 42 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 7 43 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 26 37 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 14 41 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 10 53 37
  3. 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.
    Sense id: en-autocrat-en-noun-vehOZtLP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Albanian translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Burmese translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Khmer translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Kyrgyz translations, Terms with Lao translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mongolian translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tajik translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Turkmen translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Uzbek translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 41 55 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 30 66 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 3 42 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 42 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Albanian translations: 16 36 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 14 37 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 18 33 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 16 36 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 15 30 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 17 34 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Burmese translations: 18 33 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 15 38 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 17 42 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 10 30 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 5 34 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 7 43 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 17 33 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Faroese translations: 16 36 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 16 35 49 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 6 31 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 26 37 37 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 7 31 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 8 31 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 19 33 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 14 41 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 18 33 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 3 33 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 17 33 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 14 35 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 4 30 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 4 33 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 16 36 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Khmer translations: 17 35 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 15 38 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Kyrgyz translations: 15 38 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Lao translations: 20 33 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 17 33 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 17 33 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 17 33 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 16 36 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Mongolian translations: 16 30 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 16 34 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 16 32 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 14 37 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 15 35 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 16 35 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 4 32 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 15 37 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 17 33 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 16 36 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 3 33 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 14 36 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Tajik translations: 16 36 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 19 31 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 15 37 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkmen translations: 17 33 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 15 38 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Uzbek translations: 16 36 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 16 36 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: autocratess, autocratic, autocratical, autocratship Related terms: autocracy

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "autocratess"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "autocratic"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "autocratical"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "autocratship"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "autocrate"
      },
      "expansion": "French autocrate",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "αὐτοκρατής",
        "t": "sovereign"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek αὐτοκρατής (autokratḗs, “sovereign”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from French autocrate, itself from Ancient Greek αὐτοκρατής (autokratḗs, “sovereign”), from αὐτο- (auto-, “self”) (combinatory form of αὐτός (autós)) + κρατία (kratía, “rule”) (from κράτος (krátos, “strength, power”)).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "autocrats",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "autocrat (plural autocrats)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "autocracy"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "17 42 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Czech translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 37 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Georgian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 41 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hindi translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “A Secretaryship”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 131:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 August 2, Nancy Pelosi, “Nancy Pelosi: Why I’m leading a congressional delegation to Taiwan”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 2022-08-02, Opinion:",
          "text": "Indeed, we take this trip at a time when the world faces a choice between autocracy and democracy. As Russia wages its premeditated, illegal war against Ukraine, killing thousands of innocents — even children — it is essential that America and our allies make clear that we never give in to autocrats.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An absolute ruler with infinite power."
      ],
      "id": "en-autocrat-en-noun-jemrD7zn",
      "links": [
        [
          "absolute",
          "absolute"
        ],
        [
          "ruler",
          "ruler"
        ],
        [
          "infinite",
          "infinite"
        ],
        [
          "power",
          "power"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "autocrator"
        },
        {
          "word": "despot"
        },
        {
          "word": "dictator"
        },
        {
          "word": "monarch"
        },
        {
          "word": "tyrant"
        },
        {
          "word": "strongman"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "autokrat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "mustabidd",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "مُسْتَبِدّ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "jabbār",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "جَبَّار"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "inkʻnakal",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "word": "ինքնակալ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "word": "avtokrat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "aŭtakrát",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "аўтакра́т"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "aŭtakrátka",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "аўтакра́тка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "samaŭládca",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "самаўла́дца"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "samadzjéržac",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "самадзе́ржац"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "avtokrát",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "автокра́т"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "avtokrátka",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "автокра́тка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "samodǎržávec",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "самодържа́вец"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "sak-u:hcampuing",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "word": "သက်ဦးဆံပိုင်"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "autòcrata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "word": "獨裁者"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dúcáizhě",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "word": "独裁者"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "samovládce"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "autokrat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "autokrat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "autocraat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "alleenheerser"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "word": "aŭtokrato"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "word": "autokraat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "einaveldisharri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "einaræðisharri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "word": "itsevaltias"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "autocrate"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "avṭoḳraṭi",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "word": "ავტოკრატი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Autokrat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Autokratin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "despótis",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "δεσπότης"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "aotokrát",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "אוטוֹקְרָט"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "tānāśāh",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "तानाशाह"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "word": "zsarnok"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "word": "autokrato"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "word": "autokrat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "uathlathaí"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "autocrate"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "alt": "どくさいしゃ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "dokusaisha",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "word": "独裁者"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "avtokrat",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "word": "автократ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "ʼattaathipaʼdəy",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "word": "អត្តាធិបតី"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "alt": "獨裁者",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "dokjaeja",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "word": "독재자"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "avtokrat",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "word": "автократ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "pha det kān",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "word": "ຜະເດັດການ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "autokrāts"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "patvaldnieks"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "autokratas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "autokratė"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "avtokrát",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "автокра́т"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "avtokrátka",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "автокра́тка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "word": "autokrat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "darangujlagč",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "дарангуйлагч"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "darungɣuilaɣči",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "Mongolian"
          ],
          "word": "ᠳᠠᠷᠤᠩᠭᠤᠢᠯᠠᠭᠴᠢ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "autokrat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "xodâygân",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "word": "خدایگان"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "xodâvandgâr",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "word": "خداوندگار"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "xodâvand",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "word": "خداوند"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "xodkâme",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "word": "خودکامه"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "mostabedd",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "word": "مستبد"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "autokrata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "autokratka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "samowładca"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "samowładczyni"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "autocrata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "autocrat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "avtokrát",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "автокра́т"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "samodéržec",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "самоде́ржец"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "samoderžávec",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "самодержа́вец"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "самодр̀жац"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "самовла̀да̄р"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ауто̀кра̄т"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "samodr̀žac"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "samovlàdār"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "autòkrāt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "autokrat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "samovládca"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "avtokrat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "avtokratinja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "autócrata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "autokrat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "självhärskare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "envåldshärskare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "avtokrat",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "word": "автократ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "mustabid",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "word": "мустабид"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "pà-dèt-gaan",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "word": "เผด็จการ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "word": "otokrat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "word": "awtokrat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "avtokrát",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "автокра́т"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "avtokrátka",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "автокра́тка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "samodéržecʹ",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "самоде́ржець"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "samoderžávecʹ",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "самодержа́вець"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "word": "avtokrat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 26",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
          "word": "người chuyên quyền"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "17 42 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Czech translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 43 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Esperanto translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 37 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Georgian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 41 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hindi translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 53 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A title borne by some such monarchs, as in Byzantium and tsarist Russia."
      ],
      "id": "en-autocrat-en-noun-hHxQ3Dp3"
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "4 41 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 30 66",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 42 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 42 56",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 36 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Albanian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 37 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Arabic translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 33 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Armenian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 36 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 30 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Belarusian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 34 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 33 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Burmese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 38 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Catalan translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 42 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Czech translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 30 60",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Danish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 34 61",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 43 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Esperanto translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 33 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Estonian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 36 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Faroese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 35 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 31 63",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 37 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Georgian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 31 62",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 31 60",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Greek translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 33 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hebrew translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 41 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hindi translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 33 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 33 63",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Ido translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 33 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Indonesian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 35 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Irish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 30 66",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Italian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 33 63",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Japanese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 36 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Kazakh translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 35 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Khmer translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 38 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Korean translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 38 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Kyrgyz translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 33 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Lao translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 33 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Latvian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 33 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Lithuanian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 33 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Macedonian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 36 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Malay translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 30 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Mongolian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 34 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 32 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Persian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 37 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Polish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 35 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 35 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Romanian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 32 64",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Russian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 37 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 33 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Slovak translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 36 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Slovene translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 33 64",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 36 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Swedish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 36 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Tajik translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 31 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Thai translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 37 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Turkish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 33 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Turkmen translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 38 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 36 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Uzbek translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 36 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "id": "en-autocrat-en-noun-vehOZtLP",
      "links": [
        [
          "favorable",
          "favorable"
        ],
        [
          "ruler",
          "ruler"
        ],
        [
          "conflicts of interest",
          "conflicts of interest"
        ],
        [
          "grandeur",
          "grandeur"
        ],
        [
          "power",
          "power"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɔːtəkɹæt/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-autocrat.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vininn126-autocrat.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vininn126-autocrat.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vininn126-autocrat.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vininn126-autocrat.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "autocrat"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms borrowed from French",
    "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "English terms derived from French",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Albanian translations",
    "Terms with Arabic translations",
    "Terms with Armenian translations",
    "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
    "Terms with Belarusian translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Burmese translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Estonian translations",
    "Terms with Faroese translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Georgian translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
    "Terms with Hindi translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Ido translations",
    "Terms with Indonesian translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Kazakh translations",
    "Terms with Khmer translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Kyrgyz translations",
    "Terms with Lao translations",
    "Terms with Latvian translations",
    "Terms with Lithuanian translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Malay translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Mongolian translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
    "Terms with Persian translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
    "Terms with Slovak translations",
    "Terms with Slovene translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Tajik translations",
    "Terms with Thai translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Turkmen translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
    "Terms with Uzbek translations",
    "Terms with Vietnamese translations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "autocratess"
    },
    {
      "word": "autocratic"
    },
    {
      "word": "autocratical"
    },
    {
      "word": "autocratship"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "autocrate"
      },
      "expansion": "French autocrate",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "αὐτοκρατής",
        "t": "sovereign"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek αὐτοκρατής (autokratḗs, “sovereign”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from French autocrate, itself from Ancient Greek αὐτοκρατής (autokratḗs, “sovereign”), from αὐτο- (auto-, “self”) (combinatory form of αὐτός (autós)) + κρατία (kratía, “rule”) (from κράτος (krátos, “strength, power”)).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "autocrats",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "autocrat (plural autocrats)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "autocracy"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “A Secretaryship”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 131:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 August 2, Nancy Pelosi, “Nancy Pelosi: Why I’m leading a congressional delegation to Taiwan”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 2022-08-02, Opinion:",
          "text": "Indeed, we take this trip at a time when the world faces a choice between autocracy and democracy. As Russia wages its premeditated, illegal war against Ukraine, killing thousands of innocents — even children — it is essential that America and our allies make clear that we never give in to autocrats.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An absolute ruler with infinite power."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "absolute",
          "absolute"
        ],
        [
          "ruler",
          "ruler"
        ],
        [
          "infinite",
          "infinite"
        ],
        [
          "power",
          "power"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "autocrator"
        },
        {
          "word": "despot"
        },
        {
          "word": "dictator"
        },
        {
          "word": "monarch"
        },
        {
          "word": "tyrant"
        },
        {
          "word": "strongman"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A title borne by some such monarchs, as in Byzantium and tsarist Russia."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "favorable",
          "favorable"
        ],
        [
          "ruler",
          "ruler"
        ],
        [
          "conflicts of interest",
          "conflicts of interest"
        ],
        [
          "grandeur",
          "grandeur"
        ],
        [
          "power",
          "power"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɔːtəkɹæt/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-autocrat.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vininn126-autocrat.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vininn126-autocrat.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vininn126-autocrat.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vininn126-autocrat.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "autokrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mustabidd",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مُسْتَبِدّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "jabbār",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "جَبَّار"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "inkʻnakal",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "word": "ինքնակալ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "word": "avtokrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "aŭtakrát",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "аўтакра́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "aŭtakrátka",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "аўтакра́тка"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "samaŭládca",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "самаўла́дца"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "samadzjéržac",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "самадзе́ржац"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "avtokrát",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "автокра́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "avtokrátka",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "автокра́тка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "samodǎržávec",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "самодържа́вец"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "sak-u:hcampuing",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "word": "သက်ဦးဆံပိုင်"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "autòcrata"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "word": "獨裁者"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dúcáizhě",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "word": "独裁者"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "samovládce"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "autokrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "autokrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "autocraat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alleenheerser"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "word": "aŭtokrato"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "word": "autokraat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "einaveldisharri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "einaræðisharri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "word": "itsevaltias"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "autocrate"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "avṭoḳraṭi",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "word": "ავტოკრატი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Autokrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Autokratin"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "despótis",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "δεσπότης"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "aotokrát",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "אוטוֹקְרָט"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "tānāśāh",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "तानाशाह"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "word": "zsarnok"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "word": "autokrato"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "word": "autokrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "uathlathaí"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "autocrate"
    },
    {
      "alt": "どくさいしゃ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "dokusaisha",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "word": "独裁者"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "avtokrat",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "word": "автократ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "ʼattaathipaʼdəy",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "word": "អត្តាធិបតី"
    },
    {
      "alt": "獨裁者",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "dokjaeja",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "word": "독재자"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "avtokrat",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "word": "автократ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "pha det kān",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "word": "ຜະເດັດການ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "autokrāts"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "patvaldnieks"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "autokratas"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "autokratė"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "avtokrát",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "автокра́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "avtokrátka",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "автокра́тка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "word": "autokrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "darangujlagč",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "дарангуйлагч"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "darungɣuilaɣči",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "Mongolian"
      ],
      "word": "ᠳᠠᠷᠤᠩᠭᠤᠢᠯᠠᠭᠴᠢ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "autokrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "xodâygân",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "word": "خدایگان"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "xodâvandgâr",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "word": "خداوندگار"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "xodâvand",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "word": "خداوند"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "xodkâme",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "word": "خودکامه"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mostabedd",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "word": "مستبد"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "autokrata"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "autokratka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "samowładca"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "samowładczyni"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "autocrata"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "autocrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "avtokrát",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "автокра́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "samodéržec",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "самоде́ржец"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "samoderžávec",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "самодержа́вец"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "самодр̀жац"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "самовла̀да̄р"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ауто̀кра̄т"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "samodr̀žac"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "samovlàdār"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "autòkrāt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "autokrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "samovládca"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "avtokrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "avtokratinja"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "autócrata"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "autokrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "självhärskare"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "envåldshärskare"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "avtokrat",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "word": "автократ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "mustabid",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "word": "мустабид"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "pà-dèt-gaan",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "word": "เผด็จการ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "word": "otokrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "word": "awtokrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "avtokrát",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "автокра́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "avtokrátka",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "автокра́тка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "samodéržecʹ",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "самоде́ржець"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "samoderžávecʹ",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "самодержа́вець"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "word": "avtokrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "ruler with absolute power",
      "word": "người chuyên quyền"
    }
  ],
  "word": "autocrat"
}

Download raw JSONL data for autocrat meaning in English (17.0kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.