dictatorial

From dictator + -ial.

• (UK) IPA^(key): [dɪktəˈtɔːɹɪəɫ]

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• Rhymes: -ɔːɹiəl

dictatorial (comparative more dictatorial, superlative most dictatorial)

1. of or pertaining to a dictator
2. 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 […]

• See Thesaurus:bossy and arrogant

• IPA^(key): (Central) [dik.tə.tu.ɾiˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [dik.tə.to.ɾiˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [dik.ta.to.ɾiˈal]

dictatorial m or f (masculine and feminine plural dictatorials)

1. dictatorial

• dictador

• “dictatorial”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “dictatorial”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “dictatorial” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “dictatorial”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

From dictateur +‎ -ial.

• IPA^(key): /dik.ta.tɔ.ʁjal/

dictatorial (feminine dictatoriale, masculine plural dictatoriaux, feminine plural dictatoriales)

1. dictatorial

• “dictatorial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

dictatorial m or f (plural dictatoriaes)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of ditatorial

Borrowed from French dictatorial. By surface analysis, dictator +‎ -ial.

dictatorial m or n (feminine singular dictatorială, masculine plural dictatoriali, feminine/neuter plural dictatoriale)

1. dictatorial

Formed from Latin dictator and the suffix -al.

• IPA^(key): /diɡtatoˈɾjal/ [d̪iɣ̞.t̪a.t̪oˈɾjal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: dic‧ta‧to‧rial

dictatorial m or f (masculine and feminine plural dictatoriales)

1. dictatorial

• “dictatorial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025