Within his own political organization, some leaders of state and local chapters have accused him of autocratic rule.

Before he took office in 1999, Nigeria endured decades of autocratic military rule.

He enjoyed huge support in those 2002 elections, which ended 24 years of autocratic rule by Moi.

It was your generation, under Augustus, which accustomed us to forty years of autocratic rule.

He set the style for the autocratic rule that eventually brought on the revolutions of 1905 and 1917.

For Rome at last is in just the right condition to embrace autocratic rule.

However, this only applies in the case of autocratic rule.

Historically, the term patriarchy was used to refer to autocratic rule by the male head of a family.

The Timorese are frustrated by two decades of occupation, autocratic rule and violence.

He proceeded to strengthen his autocratic and nepotistic rule over the country.