3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Dictatorial \Dic`ta*to"ri*al\, a. [Cf. F. dictatorial.] 1. Pertaining or suited to a dictator; absolute. [1913 Webster] Military powers quite dictatorial. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster] 2. Characteristic of a dictator; imperious; dogmatical; overbearing; as, a dictatorial tone or manner. -- {Dic`ta*to"ri*al*ly}, adv. -- {Dic`ta*to"ri*al*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: dictatorial adj 1: of or characteristic of a dictator; "dictatorial powers" 2: likened to a dictator in severity [syn: {authoritarian}] 3: expecting unquestioning obedience; "he was imperious and dictatorial"; "the timid child of authoritarian parents"; "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter" [syn: {authoritarian}, {overbearing}] 4: 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" [syn: {authoritarian}, {autocratic}, {despotic}, {tyrannical}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 71 Moby Thesaurus words for "dictatorial": U, absolute, absolutist, absolutistic, all-powerful, arbitrary, aristocratic, arrogant, authoritarian, authoritative, autocratic, autonomous, bossy, bureaucratic, civic, civil, constitutional, democratic, despotic, domineering, elitist, fascist, federal, federalist, federalistic, feudal, governmental, grinding, gubernatorial, heteronomous, high and mighty, high-handed, hubristic, imperative, imperial, imperious, lordly, magisterial, magistral, masterful, matriarchal, matriarchic, monarchal, monarchial, monarchic, monocratic, official, oligarchal, oligarchic, omnipotent, oppressive, overbearing, overruling, parliamentarian, parliamentary, patriarchal, patriarchic, peremptory, pluralistic, political, repressive, republican, self-governing, severe, strict, suppressive, theocratic, totalitarian, tyrannical, tyrannous, unlimited
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