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dictatorial

[dik-tuh-tawr-ee-uhl, -tohr-]

adjective

  1. of or relating to a dictator or dictatorship.

  2. appropriate to, or characteristic of, a dictator; absolute; unlimited.

    dictatorial powers in wartime.

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  3. inclined to dictate or command; imperious; overbearing.

    a dictatorial attitude.

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dictatorial

/ ˌɪəˈɔːɪə /

adjective

  1. of or characteristic of a dictator

  2. tending to dictate; tyrannical; overbearing

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • dictatorially adverb
  • dictatorialness noun
  • nondictatorial adjective
  • nondictatorially adverb
  • nondictatorialness noun
  • semidictatorial adjective
  • semidictatorially adverb
  • semidictatorialness noun
  • undictatorial adjective
  • undictatorially adverb
  • ˌ徱ٲˈٴǰԱ noun
  • ˌ徱ٲˈٴǰ adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of dictatorial1

First recorded in 1695–1705; from Latin 徱ō(ܲ) (from 徱() “to say repeatedly, order, prescribe” + -ōܲ -tory 1 ) + -al 1
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Since his temperament is dictatorial by nature, much of his agenda is naturally autocratic.

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Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat and prominent critic of the president, wrote on X that the troop deployment was a "deranged fantasy of a dictatorial President".

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Earlier, Atuhaire said that despite Uganda being "very dictatorial", she did not imagine she "would find a worse foreign country, a worse government".

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The petition adds that “the predatory, extreme and dictatorial actions of the Trump administration call for an all-out commensurate response, which so far has been terribly lacking from the Democratic Party.”

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Attempting to speak French, Simion had described President Macron as having "dictatorial tendencies" and said the country was run by "the ayatollahs".

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