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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.
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     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.
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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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