Dictatorial

Synonyms for "dictatorial" (93 found)

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Closest matches (19)

overbearing absolute absolutist absolutistic all-powerful arbitrary aristocratic arrogant authoritarian authoritative autocratic autocratical autonomous bossy bureaucratic civic

Adjective(2 words)

authoritarian autocratic

Adjective(1 words)

bossy and arrogant

Strong matches (28)

civil constitutional democratic despotic dogmatic domineering elitist fascist federal federalist federalistic feudal governmental grinding gubernatorial hard heavy-handed heteronomous high and mighty high handed

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high-handed hubristic imperative imperial

Adjective(3 words)

demanding dictatory heavy-handed

Adjective(1 words)

despotic

Related words (46)

Related word relations

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5 relation types

Synonyms

2 entries

autocratical overbearing

derived

7 entries

dictatorialism dictatoriality dictatorially dictatorialness nondictatorial postdictatorial undictatorial

derived from

1 entries

dictator

related to

3 entries

callous dictator disregard

similar

2 entries

domineering undemocratic

Translations

32 translations across 19 languages.

Armenian

1 entries

բռնապետական adj (of or pertaining to a dictator)

Belarusian

1 entries

дыкта́тарскі adj (of or pertaining to a dictator)

Catalan

2 entries

dictatorial adj (of or pertaining to a dictator)
dictatorial adj (in the manner of a dictator)

Finnish

4 entries

diktaattori adj (of or pertaining to a dictator)
diktaattorimainen adj (in the manner of a dictator)
diktaattorin adj (of or pertaining to a dictator)
diktaattorin adj (in the manner of a dictator)

French

1 entries

dictatorial adj (of or pertaining to a dictator)

Galician

1 entries

ditatorial adj (of or pertaining to a dictator)

Georgian

2 entries

დიქტატორიული adj (of or pertaining to a dictator)
დიქტატორიული adj (in the manner of a dictator)

German

2 entries

diktatorisch adj (of or pertaining to a dictator)
diktatorisch adj (in the manner of a dictator)

Greek

2 entries

δικτατορικός adj (of or pertaining to a dictator)
δικτατορικός adj (in the manner of a dictator)

Hungarian

2 entries

diktatórikus adj (in the manner of a dictator)
diktátori adj (of or pertaining to a dictator)

Latin

1 entries

imperiōsus adj (in the manner of a dictator)

Manx

2 entries

ard-smaghtagh adj (of or pertaining to a dictator)
ardreillagh adj (of or pertaining to a dictator)

Marathi

1 entries

हुकूमशाही adj (of or pertaining to a dictator)

Polish

1 entries

dyktatorski adj (of or pertaining to a dictator)

Portuguese

2 entries

ditatorial adj (of or pertaining to a dictator)
ditatorial adj (in the manner of a dictator)

Russian

1 entries

дикта́торский adj (of or pertaining to a dictator)

Spanish

2 entries

de ordeno y mando adj (in the manner of a dictator)
dictatorial adj (in the manner of a dictator)

Swedish

2 entries

diktatorisk adj (of or pertaining to a dictator)
diktatorisk adj (in the manner of a dictator)

Ukrainian

2 entries

дикта́торський adj (of or pertaining to a dictator)
дикта́торський adj (in the manner of a dictator)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

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All prayer is dictatorial.

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I don't recognize your dictatorial rules.

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The Algerian state is dictatorial.

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Algeria is a dictatorial country.

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