mindmap root((专制)) absolute implies that one is not bound by legal constraints or the control of another: King Louis XIV was an ~ monarch. autocratic suggests the egotistical, self-conscious use of power or the haughty imposition of one's own will: the flamboyant, ~ director of the ballet company. arbitrary implies the exercise and usually the abuse of power according to momentary inclination: his high-handed, ~ way of running his department. despotic implies the arbitrary and imperious exercise of absolute power or control: the most decadent and ~ of the Roman emperors. tyrannical implies abuse of absolute power and harsh or oppressive rule: a new regime as ~ as the one it had deposed.