Definitions for dictatorial



Overview of adj dictatorial

The adj dictatorial has 3 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. dictatorial

(of or characteristic of a dictator; "dictatorial powers")

2. authoritarian, dictatorial, overbearing

(expecting unquestioning obedience; "the timid child of authoritarian parents"; "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter")

3. authoritarian, autocratic, dictatorial, despotic, tyrannic, tyrannical

(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")

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