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Definition of Dictatorialness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dictatorialness
Literary usage of Dictatorialness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. George Eliot's Works by George Eliot (1895)
"... with whom we English come in contact, a spirit of arrogance and contemptuous
dictatorialness is observable which has become a national disgrace to us. ..."
2. George Eliot's Worksby George Eliot by George Eliot (1894)
"... with whom we English come in contact, a spirit of arrogance and contemptuous
dictatorialness is observable which has become a national disgrace to us. ..."
3. The Autobiography of Leigh Hunt by Leigh Hunt, Thornton Leigh Hunt (1860)
"... in any such scale of narrowness, as the dulness or dictatorialness of the
would-be exclusively pious assume the privilege of determining. "Alas! ..."
4. Life of George Eliot. by Oscar Browning (1892)
"... with whom we English come in contact, a spirit of arrogance and contemptuous
dictatorialness is observable which has become a national disgrace to us. ..."
5. A Dictionary of Religion and Ethics by Shailer Mathews, Gerald Birney Smith (1921)
"Mr. O'Brien's dictatorialness caused dissension, resulting in his withdrawal in
1829. But the church continued its identity, growing and expanding until in ..."
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