Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Tending to dictate; domineering.
- adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a dictator or dictatorship; autocratic.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Pertaining to a dictator; absolute; unlimited.
- Pertaining to or characteristic of dictation; imperious; overbearing; dogmatic.
- Synonyms Authoritative, Dogmatic, etc. See magisterial.
Wiktionary
- adj. of or pertaining to a dictator
- adj. in the manner of a dictator, usually with callous disregard for others
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Pertaining or suited to a dictator; absolute.
- adj. Characteristic of a dictator; imperious; dogmatical; overbearing.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. of or characteristic of a dictator
- adj. expecting unquestioning obedience
- adj. characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty
Examples
“A Democrat who had originally requested a Justice Department -- Justice Department probe of the program says he will ask Mr. Bush to allow one now, saying, we can't have a president acting in what he called a dictatorial fashion.”
“Putin accused the United States of pursuing what he called a dictatorial foreign policy.”
“The SPLA is fighting for autonomy for southern Sudan while the northern Sudanese opposition forces are fighting to topple what they call the dictatorial Islamic regime in Khartoum to replace it with a democratic government.”
“The SPLA is fighting for autonomy for southern Sudan while the northern Sudanese opposition forces are fighting to topple what they call the dictatorial Islamic regime of president Omar Beshir.”
“Even if one has a mind to, how does a chap go about becoming a specialist in dictatorial representation?”
“So if we remember that politics are politics even in dictatorial regimes, we must realize Mr.K. came to the United States under a considerable emotional compulsion to demonstrate to the folks back home that he was not, as his enemies say, soft on Capitalism.”
“Can we find such weaknesses in dictatorial nations with which we have to compete?”
“The current regime, though theocratic and dictatorial, is not as unhinged as Kim’s.”
“Enough" of what they repeatedly called the dictatorial regime of Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki.”
Voice of America: Eritrean Refugees in Ethiopia Say 'Enough'; Demand Regime Change
“According to Crozier, the “position gave him virtually unlimited power to dictate to the Executive Yuan, bully the Legislative Yuan, and by-pass the Judicial Yuan,” but in the words of Edgar Snow, it was “merely recognizing with a title the dictatorial authority which he has long exercised over the party, the government and the army.””
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