Adjective dictatorial has 4 senses
- dictatorial - of or characteristic of a dictator; "dictatorial powers"
- authoritarian, dictatorial - likened to a dictator in severity
Antonym: permissive (indirect, via unpermissive)
- authoritarian, dictatorial, overbearing - expecting unquestioning obedience; "he was imperious and dictatorial"; "the timid child of authoritarian parents"; "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter"
Antonym: submissive (indirect, via domineering)
- authoritarian, autocratic, dictatorial, despotic, tyrannical - 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"
Antonym: democratic (indirect, via undemocratic)
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