Usually means: Absolute authority, oppressive, unilateral control.
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  1. dictatorial: Merriam-Webster
  2. dictatorial: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dictatorial: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. dictatorial: Collins English Dictionary
  5. dictatorial: Vocabulary.com
  6. Dictatorial, dictatorial: Wordnik
  7. dictatorial: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. dictatorial: Wiktionary
  9. dictatorial: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. dictatorial: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. dictatorial: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Dictatorial, dictatorial: Dictionary.com
  13. dictatorial: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Dictatorial: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Dictatorial: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. dictatorial: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. dictatorial: Rhymezone
  18. Dictatorial: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. dictatorial: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. dictatorial: FreeDictionary.org
  21. dictatorial: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. dictatorial: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. dictatorial: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. dictatorial: Legal dictionary

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  1. dictatorial: Encyclopedia

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▸ adjective:  of or pertaining to a dictator
▸ adjective:  in the manner of a dictator, usually with callous disregard for others.

Similar:
despotic, autocratic, authoritarian, tyrannical, domineering, overbearing, unpermissive, undemocratic, dictative, despotocratic, more...

Opposite:
democratic, libertarian, autonomous

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benevolent, tyrannical, benign, more...

Phrases:
dictatorial systems, Dictatorial Government of the Philippines, dictatorial supporter, more...

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Similar:
despotic, autocratic, authoritarian, tyrannical, domineering, overbearing, unpermissive, undemocratic, dictative, despotocratic, more...

Opposite:
democratic, libertarian, autonomous

Types:
benevolent, tyrannical, benign, more...

Phrases:
dictatorial systems, Dictatorial Government of the Philippines, dictatorial supporter, more...

Colors:
    black,     gray,     dark red,     maroon,     navy blue, more...



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