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Adjective: dictatorial  ,dik-tu'to-ree-ul
  1. Expecting unquestioning obedience
    - authoritarian, overbearing
     
  2. Characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty
    "a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war";
    - authoritarian, autocratic, despotic, tyrannic, tyrannical
     
  3. Of or characteristic of a dictator
    "dictatorial powers"

See also: domineering, undemocratic

Encyclopedia: Dictatorial