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US
/ˌdɪktəˈtɔɹiəɫ/
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[ UK /dɪktɐtˈɔːɹɪəl/ ]
[ UK /dɪktɐtˈɔːɹɪəl/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty
a tyrannical government
a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war
autocratic government
an authoritarian regime
despotic rulers -
expecting unquestioning obedience
the timid child of authoritarian parents
insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter -
of or characteristic of a dictator
dictatorial powers
How To Use dictatorial In A Sentence
- Under Pragmatic(al) she read; meddlesome, positive, dictatorial (she snorted, irritably). BEHINDLINGS
- Noriega had become increasingly dictatorial, relied on irregular paramilitary units, and was involved in drug trafficking.
- In the final section of today's masterpiece on 'dirty shipping industry', he lays out approvingly what the dictatorial, self-important, unrepresentative 'greenie' lobby groups demand of shipping; Harrabin says that shipping industry is unreasonably doing what the greenies and and 'scientists' don't want, QED, shipping industry is bad. OPEN THREAD
- Mike explains why resistance was so difficult under the rigid, dictatorial regime which still called itself socialist.
- What they have experienced is a life of missed opportunities caused by an aging clerical leadership, massive corruption and a regime that is increasingly dictatorial. Times, Sunday Times
- After recovering from the shock, he again manifested his dictatorial strength. The Terrors
- I think what also countervailed any condemning supposition that Roosevelt sacrificed servicemen to get the US into a war with Japan was the real determination, lethality and tenacity of the dictatorial enemies of the US, and Europe. AP Poll: Bush Is Both the Biggest "Hero" and "Villain"
- This financial bonfire is our Reichtag fire, and our real Fuhrer, Paulson, is requesting emergency dictatorial powers to save the nation from nonexistent, unbridled capitalism. The Highway Robber State « Antiwar.com Blog
- Such violent protests might have been tolerated in the past because there were no other channels for expressing opinions during the dictatorial regimes.
- Michael Pennington invests the Don's medical sidekick with exactly the right air of terrified loyalty, Oliver Cotton exudes white-suited arrogance as a dictatorial master baker, and Gavin Fowler lends his maltreated son a simmering, murderous resentment. The Syndicate – review | Michael Billington