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Definition of Dictatorial

1. Adjective. Of or characteristic of a dictator. "Dictatorial powers"

2. Adjective. Expecting unquestioning obedience. "Insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter"

3. Adjective. Characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty. "A tyrannical government"

Definition of Dictatorial

1. a. Pertaining or suited to a dictator; absolute.

Definition of Dictatorial

1. Adjective. of or pertaining to a dictator ¹

2. Adjective. in the manner of a dictator, usually with callous disregard for others ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dictatorial

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dictatorial

dictamnus dictamnuses dictaphone dictaphones dictate dictated dictated but not read dictates dictating dictation

dictation machine dictation machines dictational dictations dictator dictatorial (current term) dictatorially dictatorialness dictatorian dictatorlike

dictators dictatorship dictatorship of the majority dictatorship of the proletariat dictatorships dictatory dictatour dictatours dictatress dictatresses

Literary usage of Dictatorial

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Philippines: A Record of Personal Observations and Experiences by Albert Gardner Robinson (1901)
"WITHIN the range of Dewey's guns, Aguinaldo, on June 18, 1898, established a dictatorial government, placing himself at its head by the advice and with the ..."

2. System of Positive Polity by Auguste Comte (1877)
"Tiic picta- Once disengaged from an empirical and retrograde policy, the dictatorial government can, and ought to, assert its legitimate supremacy, ..."

3. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"On 30 Jen; 1861 Juarez was elected president of th- Mexican republic with dictatorial powen. and on 17 July the congress suspended pigment of public bonds ..."

4. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"His presumption, his dictatorial and positive manner, combined with his utter weakness, excited in my mind contempt. Yet this is a great star in these times ..."

5. The Greville Memoirs: A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV., King by Charles Greville (1903)
"... Solicitor-General—Conference on the Treaty of Paris— Low Church Bishops—Leadership of the Opposition—Coolness in Paris —dictatorial Policy to Brazil. ..."

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