dictatorial

adj.

1. Tending to dictate; domineering.
2. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a dictator or dictatorship; autocratic.

dictatorially dic'ta·to'ri·al·ly adv.

SYNONYMS   dictatorial, authoritarian, dogmatic, doctrinaire, imperious, overbearing. These adjectives mean asserting or tending to assert one's authority or to impose one's will on others. Dictatorial stresses the highhanded, peremptory manner characteristic of a dictator: ordered the staff about in her usual dictatorial manner. Authoritarian implies the expectation of unquestioning obedience: the timid child of authoritarian parents. Dogmatic suggests the imposing of one's will or opinion as though these were beyond challenge: "When people are least sure, they are often most dogmatic" (John Kenneth Galbraith). Doctrinaire implies the imposition of one's theories, beliefs, or doctrines: "They didn't know the facts . . . and I don't think it would've mattered in the slightest if they had. Very doctrinaire" (George V. Higgins). Imperious suggests the arrogant manner of one accustomed to commanding: dismissed my opinion with an imperious gesture. Overbearing implies a tendency to be oppressively or rudely domineering: an overbearing customer demanding to see the manager.

adjective

1. Tending to dictate: authoritarian, bossy, dogmatic, domineering, imperious, magisterial, masterful, overbearing, peremptory. See over/under.
2. Having and exercising complete political power and control: absolute, absolutistic, arbitrary, autarchic, autarchical, autocratic, autocratical, despotic, monocratic, totalitarian, tyrannic, tyrannical, tyrannous. See over/under, politics.
3. Characterized by or favoring absolute obedience to authority: authoritarian, autocratic, despotic, totalitarian, tyrannic, tyrannical. See over/under.

adj

Definition: tyrannical, authoritarian
Antonyms: democratic, docile, passive

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The adjective has 4 meanings:

Meaning #1: of or characteristic of a dictator
  Pertains to noun: dictator (meaning #2)

Meaning #2: likened to a dictator in severity
  Synonym: authoritarian

Meaning #3: expecting unquestioning obedience
  Synonyms: authoritarian, overbearing

Meaning #4: characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty
  Synonyms: authoritarian, autocratic, despotic, tyrannical

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - diktatorisk, diktator-

Nederlands (Dutch)
dictatoriaal, gebiedend

Français (French)
adj. - (Pol, fig) dictatorial

Deutsch (German)
adj. - diktatorisch, herrisch, unumschränkt

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - δικτατορικός, αυταρχικός

Italiano (Italian)
dittatoriale

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - ditatorial

Русский (Russian)
диктаторский

Español (Spanish)
adj. - dictatorial

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - diktatorisk

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
独裁者的, 独断的, 独裁的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 獨裁者的, 獨斷的, 獨裁的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 독재자의, 거만한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 独裁者の, 独裁的な, 尊大な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) ديكتاتوري, استبدادي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮רודני, דיקטטורי‬

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