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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dictatorial \Dic`ta*to"ri*al\, a. [Cf. F. dictatorial.] 1. Pertaining or suited to a dictator; absolute. Military powers quite dictatorial. --W. Irving. 2. Characteristic of a dictator; imperious; dogmatical; overbearing; as a dictatorial tone or manner. -- {Dic`ta*to"ri*al*ly}, adv -- {Dic`ta*to"ri*al*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dictatorial adj 1: of or characteristic of a dictator; "dictatorial powers" 2: likened to a dictator in severity [syn: {authoritarian}] 3: expecting unquestioning obedience; "he was imperious and dictatorial"; "the timid child of authoritarian parents"; "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter" [syn: {authoritarian}, {overbearing}] 4: 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" [syn: {authoritarian}, {autocratic}, {despotic}, {tyrannical}]
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