dictatorial

英 [dɪktə'tɔːrɪəl] 美['dɪktə'tɔrɪəl]

• adj. 独裁的，专政的；专横傲慢的

1. of or characteristic of a dictator;

"dictatorial powers"

2. likened to a dictator in severity

3. expecting unquestioning obedience;

"he was imperious and dictatorial"

"the timid child of authoritarian parents"

"insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter"

4. 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"