Associations to the word «Dictatorial»

Wiktionary

DICTATORIAL, adjective. Of or pertaining to a dictator
DICTATORIAL, adjective. In the manner of a dictator, usually with callous disregard for others

Dictionary definition

DICTATORIAL, adjective. Of or characteristic of a dictator; "dictatorial powers".
DICTATORIAL, adjective. Expecting unquestioning obedience; "the timid child of authoritarian parents"; "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter".
DICTATORIAL, adjective. 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".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats