1. (

• dictatorial

) of or characteristic of a dictator; "dictatorial powers" ;

2. (

• authoritarian ,
• dictatorial ,
• overbearing

) expecting unquestioning obedience; "the timid child of authoritarian parents"; "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter" ;

3. (

• authoritarian ,
• autocratic ,
• dictatorial ,
• despotic ,
• tyrannic ,
• tyrannical

) 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" ;