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adj. ruled by or characteristic of a despot; "moved from a feudal to a despotic order"; "his administration was arrogant and despotic"

despotic, despotical

adj. belonging to or having the characteristics of a despot

authoritarian, autocratic, dictatorial, despotic, tyrannic, tyrannical

adj. 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"

oppressive, tyrannical, tyrannous

adj. marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior; "the oppressive government"; "oppressive laws"; "a tyrannical parent"; "tyrannous disregard of human rights"

authoritarian, dictatorial, overbearing

adj. expecting unquestioning obedience; "the timid child of authoritarian parents"; "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter"

authoritarian, dictatorial

adj. likened to a dictator in severity

authoritarian, autocratic, dictatorial, despotic, tyrannic, tyrannical

adj. 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"

monarchal, monarchical, monarchic

adj. ruled by or having the supreme power resting with a monarch; "monarchal government"; "monarchical systems"

totalitarian

adj. characterized by a government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control; "a totalitarian regime crushes all autonomous institutions in its drive to seize the human soul"- Arthur M.Schlesinger, Jr.