dictatorial
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(a) of or characteristic of a dictator
- dictatorial powers
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(s) expecting unquestioning obedience
- the timid child of authoritarian parents
- insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter
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(s) 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