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dictatorial::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | authoritarian, autocratic, despotic, tyrannic, tyrannical |
| Derivation | dictator |
a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war.
dictatorial::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | authoritarian, overbearing |
dictatorial:: | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | dictator |
dictatorial powers.
Examples of dictatorial
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It is not France's role to support dictatorial regimes in Iraq or anywhere else.
From the time.com
Where we see soaring rhetoric and eloquence, they see dictatorial grandstanding.
From the theatlantic.com
The free world has many reasons to approach dictatorial regimes with kid gloves.
From the washingtonpost.com
It has no demos and is trying through dictatorial means to bring one into being.
From the economist.com
Nehru's daughter, Indira Gandhi, temporarily assumed dictatorial powers in 1975.
From the economist.com
Like all dictatorial governments, it also wants to perpetuate its hold on power.
From the dailyherald.com
The party was banned in 1936 by the dictatorial 4th of August Regime of Metaxas.
From the en.wikipedia.org
That is why most of the Islamic countries are either theocratic or dictatorial.
From the washingtontimes.com
You are really setting up a situation to create a dictatorial style leadership.
From the economist.com
- Of or characteristic of a dictator; "dictatorial powers"
- Authoritarian: expecting unquestioning obedience; "the timid child of authoritarian parents"; "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter"
- Authoritarian: characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty; "an authoritarian regime"; "autocratic government"; "despotic rulers"; "a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war"; "a tyrannical government"
- (dictator) a speaker who dictates to a secretary or a recording machine
- (dictator) a ruler who is unconstrained by law
- (dictator) authoritarian: a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner; "my boss is a dictator who makes everyone work overtime"
- A dictator is a ruler (e.g. absolutist or autocratic) who assumes sole and absolute power (sometimes but not always with military control) but without hereditary ascension such as an absolute monarch. ...
- (The Dictator (film)) The Dictator is a 1935 British historical drama film directed by Victor Saville and starring Clive Brook, Madeleine Carroll, Emlyn Williams and Helen Haye. ...
- Of or pertaining to a dictator; in the manner of a dictator, usually with callous disregard for others
