Thesaurus / dictatorial
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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.
FAR CRY 6 REVIEW: A FAMILIAR RETURN TO OPEN-WORLD STUPIDITYSTEVE HASKEOCTOBER 8, 2021ARS TECHNICAThe 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.
BUTTERFLY EFFECT: DEATH OF A DEMOCRATIC DREAM?CHARU KASTURIJULY 28, 2021OZYEmbezzlement and corruption are considerably more common in dictatorial governments than they are in democracies.
THE AMERICAN DREAM IS DYING, AND IT’S TAKING DEMOCRACY WITH ITCHRISTOPHER INGRAHAMMARCH 5, 2021WASHINGTON POSTAs 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.
HOW 2020 WILL GO DOWN IN THE HISTORY BOOKS, ACCORDING TO HISTORIANSOLIVIA B. WAXMANDECEMBER 23, 2020TIMEIn 2017, she called the Democratic National Committee “dictatorial” after a delegation of protesters, led by her, was not allowed into its headquarters.
THE TRAILER: WHY THE GOP IS TALKING ABOUT CHINA, FROM GEORGIA TO THE COURTROOMDAVID WEIGELDECEMBER 10, 2020WASHINGTON POSTThe climax was reached when a most offensive policeman in a dictatorial manner ordered me to 'Move on.'
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSAnd in enforcing this cardinal truth he is dogmatic and dictatorial, as a prophet and ambassador of the Most High should be.
BEACON LIGHTS OF HISTORY, VOLUME IIJOHN LORDIf anything, she was more haughty, more dictatorial than ever.
A GERMAN POMPADOURMARIE HAYThe world may be wanting in scientific knowledge and acumen, but it will never submit to dictatorial science.
BRITISH QUARTERLY REVIEW, AMERICAN EDITION, VOLUME LIVVARIOUSThis extraordinary heresy soon gathered such head that Pragam was appointed Regent and invested with almost dictatorial powers.
THE COLLECTED WORKS OF AMBROSE BIERCEAMBROSE BIERCEWORDS RELATED TO DICTATORIAL
- adamant
- arbitrary
- assertive
- biased
- bigoted
- bossy
- bullheaded
- cocksure
- cocky
- conceited
- dictatorial
- doctrinaire
- dogmatic
- hard-line
- high-handed
- inflexible
- intransigent
- locked-in
- obdurate
- obstinate
- one-sided
- oracular
- overbearing
- pigheaded
- positive
- pragmatic
- pragmatical
- prejudiced
- self-assertive
- set in stone
- set on
- single-minded
- stubborn
- tilted
- uncompromising
- unyielding
- weighted
- backbreaking
- bleak
- brutal
- burdensome
- confining
- cruel
- demanding
- depressing
- depressive
- despotic
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- discouraging
- disheartening
- dismal
- dispiriting
- exacting
- exigent
- gloomy
- grievous
- grinding
- harsh
- headache
- heavy
- heavy-handed
- hefty
- inhuman
- ironhanded
- mean
- onerous
- overbearing
- rough going
- severe
- somber
- superincumbent
- taxing
- tough
- troublesome
- tyrannical
- unjust
- weighty
- ascendant
- autocratic
- bossy
- cavalier
- cocky
- despotic
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- disdainful
- dogmatic
- egotistic
- haughty
- high-and-mighty
- high-handed
- imperative
- imperial
- imperious
- insolent
- magisterial
- officious
- oppressive
- overweening
- paramount
- peremptory
- predominant
- preponderant
- prevalent
- proud
- regnant
- sniffy
- snotty
- sovereign
- stuffy
- supercilious
- superior
- tyrannical
- uppity
- absolute
- arbitrary
- assertive
- autocratic
- binding
- bossy
- categorical
- certain
- commanding
- compelling
- decided
- decisive
- dictatorial
- dogmatic
- domineering
- final
- finished
- firm
- fixed
- high-handed
- imperative
- imperial
- imperious
- incontrovertible
- intolerant
- irrefutable
- magisterial
- obligatory
- obstinate
- positive
- rigorous
- severe
- stringent
- tyrannical
- uncompromising
- undeniable
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