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• a  of or characteristic of a dictator
  dictatorial powers
• s  expecting unquestioning obedience
• s  characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty
  a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war

• Unlike his allies Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, Francisco Franco survived World War II, retaining his dictatorial grip on Spain for another 30 years.
• Commentators on Warren's work often say that it's a study in how power corrupts, and that Willie is essentially a good man ruined by dictatorial depravity.
• A look back at the political career of North Korea's dictatorial.

• authoritarian
• overbearing
• autocratic
• despotic
• tyrannic
• tyrannical

News & Articles

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• Turkish leader, protesters to talk
  Some of the protest leaders are to meet Wednesday with the Turkish Prime Minister whom they are railing against as too stubborn, too heavy-handed, too dictatorial.
  June 12, 2013 - CNN

Quotes

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• Jimmy Carter in Newsweek
  It's only three pages of outline. It gives him dictatorial power with no supervision,Carter said.
• Condoleezza Rice in guardian.co.uk
  What we can't do is to have the transfer of power from one dictatorial regime to another,Rice said. "That is not acceptable in a Western Hemisphere that is democratic and it is not acceptable for the Cuban people. So I don't think in the...
• Juan Belmonte in Guardian Unlimited
  It has been a totally dictatorial decision,Belmonte said.