peremptory
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(s) offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
- an autocratic person
- autocratic behavior
- a bossy way of ordering others around
- a rather aggressive and dominating character
- managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way
- a swaggering peremptory manner
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(s) not allowing contradiction or refusal
- spoke in peremptory tones
- peremptory commands
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(s) putting an end to all debate or action
- a peremptory decree