dictatorial
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]dictatorial (comparative more dictatorial, superlative most dictatorial)
- of or pertaining to a dictator
- in the manner of a dictator, usually with callous disregard for others.
- 1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), Duty and Inclination: […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 202–203:
- "It was chiefly on account of his father," replied the Doctor, addressing the General, "that Philimore persevered in so rigidly keeping the secret of his attachment, having been once told by him, in the language of worldly dictatorial authority, that he would sooner follow him to the grave than that he should see him marry without fortune […]
Synonyms
[edit]- See Thesaurus:bossy and arrogant
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]of or pertaining to a dictator
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in the manner of a dictator
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Catalan
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Central) [dik.tə.tu.ɾiˈal]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [dik.tə.to.ɾiˈal]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [dik.ta.to.ɾiˈal]
Adjective
[edit]dictatorial m or f (masculine and feminine plural dictatorials)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “dictatorial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “dictatorial”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “dictatorial” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “dictatorial” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
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[edit]Adjective
[edit]dictatorial (feminine dictatoriale, masculine plural dictatoriaux, feminine plural dictatoriales)
Further reading
[edit]- “dictatorial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese
[edit]Adjective
[edit]dictatorial m or f (plural dictatoriais)
- Obsolete spelling of ditatorial.
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French dictatorial. By surface analysis, dictator + -ial.
Adjective
[edit]dictatorial m or n (feminine singular dictatorială, masculine plural dictatoriali, feminine and neuter plural dictatoriale)
Declension
[edit]Declension of dictatorial
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | dictatorial | dictatorială | dictatoriali | dictatoriale | ||
| definite | dictatorialul | dictatoriala | dictatorialii | dictatorialele | |||
| genitive/ dative |
indefinite | dictatorial | dictatoriale | dictatoriali | dictatoriale | ||
| definite | dictatorialului | dictatorialei | dictatorialilor | dictatorialelor | |||
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Formed from Latin dictator and the suffix -al.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]dictatorial m or f (masculine and feminine plural dictatoriales)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “dictatorial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16
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