Dictatorial

a.	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.

Adj.	1.	dictatorial - of or characteristic of a dictator; "dictatorial powers"
	2.	dictatorial - likened to a dictator in severity Synonyms: authoritarian
	3.	dictatorial - expecting unquestioning obedience; "he was imperious and dictatorial"; "the timid child of authoritarian parents"; "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter" Synonyms: overbearing, authoritarian
	4.	dictatorial - 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" Synonyms: authoritarian, despotic, tyrannical, autocratic

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