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dictatorial

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1. dictatorial - Adjective

2. dictatorial - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Pertaining or suited to a dictator; absolute.

Characteristic of a dictator; imperious; dogmatical; overbearing; as, a dictatorial tone or manner.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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My sympathies are, of course, with the Government side, especially the Anarchists; for Anarchism seems to me more likely to lead to desirable social change than highly centralized, dictatorial Communism. Aldous Huxley

Ahmadinejad's dictatorial ways have hurt Iran's image across the globe and could be a prelude to dictatorship. Mir-Hossein Mousavi

Is the Church fulfilling a purely religious role when by its silence or friendly relationships it lends legitimacy to dictatorial and oppressive government? Gustavo Gutiérrez

We must make a very precise distinction between the official and consequently dictatorial prerogatives of society organized as a state, and of the natural influence and action of the members of a non-official, non-artificial society. Mikhail Bakunin

I think the likelihood of Hitler being able to accomplish his goals would have been greatly diminished if the people had been armed... I'm telling you there is a reason these dictatorial people take the guns first. Ben Carson

The fallacy is to believe that under a dictatorial government you can be free inside. George Orwell

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