单词 | autocratically |
释义 | autocraticallyadv. In an autocratic manner. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [adverb] > despotically or autocratically absolutely1549 despotically1681 despoticly?1692 autocratically1772 1772 Gazetteer & New Daily Advertiser 10 Sept. 1/3 That arch-traytor, the King of Sweden, had autocratically declared himself an absolute tyrant. 1827 Edinb. Ann. Reg. 1825 18 i. xiii. 219/1 He [sc. Tsar Alexander I] autocratically punished those members of the Polish Diet who opposed his views. 1875 H. J. S. Maine Lect. Early Hist. Inst. iii. 86 Whether popularly or autocratically governed. 1917 Amer. Jrnl. Theol. 21 352 Shall the beliefs of the Chinese Christians be prescribed autocratically by Western ecclesiastical bodies? 1977 Times 19 Aug. 7/3 Fikus..is the prototypical patriarch, autocratically ruling the family business. 2004 E. Wilks Tempting Danger xiii. 135 We are not a democratic people, but neither are we passive enough to be ruled autocratically. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1772 |
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