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The game opens with dictatorial President Antón Castillo delivering a televised address to Yara, a faux-Cuban paradise saddled with a history of political upheaval.

The same Tunisian protesters who brought down Ben Ali and instituted democracy and have now forced the resignation of their prime minister are unlikely to put up with dictatorial edicts from a new leader for too long.

From Ozy

Embezzlement and corruption are considerably more common in dictatorial governments than they are in democracies.

As it became clear that his followers did not control the streets, however, the rest of his presidency became one protracted attempt to build a dictatorial authority that was eventually frustrated by the elections.

From Time

In 2017, she called the Democratic National Committee “dictatorial” after a delegation of protesters, led by her, was not allowed into its headquarters.

What it endangers is a narrow conception of Russian power, understood through the eyes of its dictatorial leader.

It invites dictatorial and rogue regimes to use Americans serving overseas as bargaining chips.

The strongest, frankly dictatorial authority figure I have known would look at me blankly, unable to make even simple decisions.

In 2005, Galloway called Assad a “breath of fresh air” after years of dictatorial regimes in the country.

Two weeks before we opened at Sundance, Morsi was grabbing dictatorial powers.

The climax was reached when a most offensive policeman in a dictatorial manner ordered me to 'Move on.'

And in enforcing this cardinal truth he is dogmatic and dictatorial, as a prophet and ambassador of the Most High should be.

If anything, she was more haughty, more dictatorial than ever.

The world may be wanting in scientific knowledge and acumen, but it will never submit to dictatorial science.

This extraordinary heresy soon gathered such head that Pragam was appointed Regent and invested with almost dictatorial powers.

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On this page you'll find 67 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to dictatorial, such as: absolute, arbitrary, arrogant, autocratic, dogmatic, and domineering.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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