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dictatorial
adj. of or characteristic of a dictator; "dictatorial powers"
authoritarian
adj. likened to a dictator in severity
authoritarian, overbearing
adj. expecting unquestioning obedience; "he was imperious and dictatorial"; "the timid child of authoritarian parents"; "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter"
authoritarian, autocratic, despotic, 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"
Fuzzynyms (34)
authoritarian, dictatorial, overbearing
adj. expecting unquestioning obedience; "he was imperious and dictatorial"; "the timid child of authoritarian parents"; "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter"
authoritarian, autocratic, dictatorial, despotic, 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"
authoritarian, dictatorial
adj. likened to a dictator in severity
authoritarian, autocratic, dictatorial, despotic, 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"
arrogant, chesty, self-important
adj. having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride; "an arrogant official"; "arrogant claims"; "chesty as a peacock"
swaggering, prideful, supercilious, lordly, disdainful, haughty, sniffy
adj. having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly manners were offensive"; "walked with a prideful swagger"; "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette"; "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air"; "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer
proud
adj. feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride; "proud parents"; "proud of his accomplishments"; "a proud moment"; "proud to serve his country"; "a proud name"; "proud princes"
tyrannical, oppressive, 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; "he was imperious and dictatorial"; "the timid child of authoritarian parents"; "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter"
authoritarian, dictatorial
adj. likened to a dictator in severity
Synonyms (24)
nonindulgent
adj. characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint
strict
adj. "strict parents"
peremptory, autocratic, magisterial, bossy, high-and-mighty
adj. 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"
bullying, blustery
adj. noisily domineering; tending to browbeat others
cavalier, high-handed
adj. given to haughty disregard of others
heavy-handed, harsh, roughshod
adj. unjustly domineering; "incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic policies"; "a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition"
imperious, masterful
adj. able to deal authoritatively with affairs; "dismissed the matter with an imperious wave of her hand"
tyrannical, oppressive, tyrannous
adj. marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior; "the oppressive government"; "oppressive laws"; "a tyrannical parent"; "tyrannous disregard of human rights"
despotic
adj. ruled by or characteristic of a despot; "moved from a feudal to a despotic order"; "his administration was arrogant and despotic"
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.
Antonyms (8)
permissive
adj. granting or inclined or able to grant permission; not strict in discipline; "direct primary legislation is largely permissive rather than prescriptive"; "permissive parents"
abject, resigned, unhopeful
adj. showing utter resignation or hopelessness; "abject surrender"
submissive, deferential
adj. inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination; "submissive servants"; "a submissive reply"; "replacing troublemakers with more submissive people"
dominated, henpecked
adj. harassed by persistent nagging
dictatorial
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