Her teen-age son found the film's portrayal of an autocratic high-school science teacher ridiculous.
His suicide provided a powerful symbol of people's frustrations with corrupt, arrogant and autocratic governments, high food prices and abject poverty.
He asserts that the cost-benefit ratio for elites in an autocratic regime is high, since the elites have to bear the majority of costs attributed to public infrastructure, but reap only a small amount of the benefits.
And, some say his demanding and frequently autocratic style resulted in high staff turnover and often turned the five-member commission into more of a rubber stamp than an independent policy-setting body.
RJ I think if you take countries like Rwanda and Ethiopia, those are countries that are sort of the model countries now in Africa in being able to combine autocratic rule together with high levels of socio-economic development and also playing a significant role in terms of regional security.
The God of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam took the form of a powerful, autocratic, male king enthroned high above his subjects.
The more trade and refugees, the more cordial diplomatic ties, and the closer two autocracies are geographically, the higher the autocratic linkage.
Opinion polls indicate that, in addition to the rising cost of living, his autocratic style and his high-profile courtship of Carla Bruni, whom he married this month, contributed to the drop in his popularity.
In the UK, you could make the case that Brexit lies outside the traditional left-right axis; there is nothing intrinsically progressive about membership in a particular trading bloc whose political processes are high-handedly autocratic.
Critics insist that Shepstone was a crafty, secretive "South African Talleyrand" whose "soaring ambition" led him to employ deceit and intimidation with the Transvaalers when he took over their land and that his high-handed, autocratic rule contributed much to the successful rebellion of the Boers (1880 81).
The group Saudi Women for Driving has said its campaign is inspired by the Arab uprisings against autocratic rulers and appealed for high-level western backing.
