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synonyms for dictates
- method
- policy
- practice
- rite
- rule
- style
- system
- attitude
- canon
- ceremony
- character
- convention
- conventionalism
- design
- etiquette
- fashion
- form
- formality
- manner
- mode
- mold
- mores
- observance
- observation
- pattern
- performance
- praxis
- precedent
- precept
- routine
- taste
- type
- usage
- use
- vogue
- way
- customariness
- established way
- folkways
- inheritence
- matter of course
- second nature
- unwritten law
- unwritten rule
On this page you'll find 54 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to dictates, such as: method, policy, practice, rite, rule, and style.
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How to use dictates in a sentence
Fashion—Do not be too submissive to the dictates of fashion; at the same time avoid oddity or eccentricity in your dress.
THE LADIES' BOOK OF ETIQUETTE, AND MANUAL OF POLITENESSFLORENCE HARTLEYThese commands could not have been obeyed as the dictates of God's laws, had the duty of Covenanting not been performed.
THE ORDINANCE OF COVENANTINGJOHN CUNNINGHAMWill you pardon the foregoing as the enthusiasm of a youthful mind, yet not altogether unimpressed by the dictates of prudence?
THE EXPEDITIONS OF ZEBULON MONTGOMERY PIKE, VOLUME II (OF 3)ELLIOTT COUESThis is in accordance with the dictates of caste, inherited from Spain.
MEXICOCHARLES REGINALD ENOCKTrajan dictates a treaty of peace to Decebalus, the Dacian leader.
THE GREAT EVENTS BY FAMOUS HISTORIANS, VOLUME 03VARIOUSI smile at the suggestions of my heart, and obey its dictates.
THE SORROWS OF YOUNG WERTHERJ.W. VON GOETHEIn spite of the dictates of humanity, it cannot be eliminated.
AVIATION IN PEACE AND WARSIR FREDERICK HUGH SYKESThe statutes of God are at once the commands of his law and the dictates of his covenant.
THE ORDINANCE OF COVENANTINGJOHN CUNNINGHAMWe are proceeding as passion dictates, not according to code.
THE RECKONINGROBERT W. CHAMBERSEven now she did not regret having followed the dictates of duty, and remained at home.
FILE NO. 113EMILE GABORIAUWORDS RELATED TO DICTATES
- attitude
- canon
- ceremony
- character
- convention
- conventionalism
- customariness
- design
- dictates
- established way
- etiquette
- fashion
- folkways
- form
- formality
- inheritence
- manner
- matter of course
- method
- mode
- mold
- mores
- observance
- observation
- pattern
- performance
- policy
- practice
- praxis
- precedent
- precept
- rite
- routine
- rule
- second nature
- style
- system
- taste
- type
- unwritten law
- unwritten rule
- usage
- use
- vogue
- way
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.