Synonyms for

Dictatorial

Verb / ˌdɪktʌˈtɔ:ri:ʌl / Another word for dictatorial — explore alternatives below. For syllable breakdowns and pronunciation, see this word on Syllablesworld.

Definition

having or showing a tendency to tell people what to do in an autocratic way

Synonyms & similar words

tyrannic tyrannical autocratic despotic overbearing authoritarian authoritarian autocratic oppressive domineering tyrannical despotic bossy overbearing magisterial imperious dogmatic high-handed arrogant peremptory arbitrary totalitarian unyielding inflexible rigid uncompromising

Example sentences

  1. The dictatorial boss never listened to his employees.
  2. The country was under dictatorial rule for many years.
  3. The teacher's dictatorial style made the students afraid to speak up.
  4. The king ruled the land in a dictatorial manner.
  5. The dictator's dictatorial regime crushed any opposition.

Quotes

  • The essence of a free government consists in an effectual control of rivalries: The executive and legislative branches of the government being separated from each other, and both from the judiciary, were rendered by that means, effectual checks upon each other. The legislature being divided into two branches, and both of them being periodically elected, were thereby made mutual checks upon each other. The executive being for a short period, and eligible every four years only, was rendered a safe depositary of the powers of the nation, and was at the same time subjected to a salutary controul by the power which could destroy his official existence. The judiciary branches being numerous, and every where elective, would be composed of the best men in the country, and would thereby be rendered the firmest bulwarks to public liberty. The people therefore, ought to watch with jealous attention, the first beginnings of those self-created dictatorial powers, which have been the cause of almost all the voluntary slavery that has been practiced in the world.
  • Society cannot exist, unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere; and the less of it there is within, the more there must be without. It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters.
  • The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.

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