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What is the adjective for dictatorships?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb dictate which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

dictatorial
  1. of or pertaining to a dictator
  2. in the manner of a dictator, usually with callous disregard for others
  3. Synonyms:
      4. imperious, autocratic, domineering, tyrannical, despotic, overbearing, authoritarian, peremptory, authoritative, bossy, tyrannous, oppressive, arrogant, masterful, overweening, magisterial, lordly, tyrannic, autocratical, harsh, draconian, pushy, dogmatic, severe, haughty, arbitrary, officious, pompous, strict, repressive, cocky, rigid, imperative, doctrinaire, inflexible, egotistic, wilful, proud, firm, willful, stern, unyielding, dictative, Neronian, high-handed, high and mighty, iron-handed, heavy-handed, iron-fisted, crack-the-whip … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “She is not, of course; but does her work have overtones of a totalitarian or dictatorial mentality?”
      “In response, she declares a state of emergency and assumes dictatorial powers, restricting many freedoms.”
      “I'm trying to be a lot more conversational than dictatorial, and this informality leads to these kind of slips.”
dictatory
  1. dogmatical; overbearing; dictatorial
dictatorlike
  1. Resembling or characteristic of a dictator.
dictational
  1. of, or pertaining to dictation
dictatable
  1. Capable of being dictated.
dictional
  1. Relating to diction.
dictatorian
  1. (obsolete) dictatorial
dictated
  1. simple past tense and past participle of dictate
  2. Synonyms:
      3. influenced, determined, affected, decided, guided, inspired, motivated, prompted, aroused, biased, biassed, controlled, directed, regulated, swayed, won over, channeled, channelled, formed, acted upon, argued into, brought to bear, carried weight, got at, gotten at, had an effect on, had a part in, impacted on, instigated, prevailed, pulled strings, roused, ruled, seduced, talked into something, trained, shaped, moulded, molded, governed, altered, forecast, worked on, shope, shapen, impacted, exerted influence on, had an impact on, acted on, forecasted … more
dictating
  1. present participle of dictate
  2. Synonyms:
      3. commanding, ordering, ordaining, directing, demanding, decreeing, enjoining, charging, instructing, mandating, calling, ruling, bidding, prescribing, imposing, determining, pronouncing, setting, deciding, promulgating, choosing, guiding, governing, influencing, stating, laying down, setting down, putting your foot down, setting out, calling the play, calling the tune, reading the riot act, establishing, requiring, authorizing, enacting, authorising, fixing, proclaiming, declaring, announcing, legislating, adjudging, settling, making, appointing, commissioning, laying down the law, requisitioning, exacting … more
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