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English Dictionary: dictatorial by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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"
    Synonym(s): 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"
    Synonym(s): authoritarian, autocratic, dictatorial, despotic, tyrannic, tyrannical
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dictatorial \Dic`ta*to"ri*al\, a. [Cf. F. dictatorial.]
      1. Pertaining or suited to a dictator; absolute.
  
                     Military powers quite dictatorial.      --W. Irving.
  
      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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