dictatorial

dictatorial
    adj 1: of or characteristic of a dictator; "dictatorial powers"
    2: expecting unquestioning obedience; "the timid child of
       authoritarian parents"; "insufferably overbearing behavior
       toward the waiter" [syn: {authoritarian}, {dictatorial},
       {overbearing}]
    3: 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},
       {dictatorial}, {despotic}, {tyrannic}, {tyrannical}]
    

Dictatorial \Dic`ta*to"ri*al\, a. [Cf. F. dictatorial.]
   1. Pertaining or suited to a dictator; absolute.
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            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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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