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- pronunciation:
- dIk
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to
ri
l
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
domineering or overbearing in manner; imperious.
- synonyms:
- autocratic, despotic, domineering, imperious, overbearing, tyrannical
- antonyms:
- meek, subservient
- similar words:
- absolute, authoritarian, magisterial
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| definition 2: |
of or like a dictator or dictatorship.
- synonyms:
- autocratic, despotic, domineering, imperious, overbearing, tyrannical
- antonyms:
- democratic
- similar words:
- absolute, authoritarian, magisterial, totalitarian
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| related words: |
arbitrary, masterful |
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| derivations: |
dictatorially (adj.), dictatorialness (n.) |
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