dictatorial
/dik-tuh-TOR-ee-ul/adjectiveasserting power in an overbearing way; typical of a dictator
“His dictatorial style drove three managers to resign in a year.”
- Synonyms
- domineering, imperious, autocratic
- Antonyms
- democratic, permissive
- Root
- dict- (say)
- Memory hook
- dict (say): one voice saying all the orders.
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