dictatorially
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9.1
- adverb
- /ˌdɪk.təˈtɔːr.i.ə.li/
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dictatorialmente
- The authors support the theses of Naomi Klein's book, "The Shock Doctrine," (reviewed below) which carefully pointed out that capitalists love a crisis so that they can dictatorially institute their policies.
Examples
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I've seen some companies that I think you say dictatorially try and achieve the same thing.
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But Obama didn't do this; he dictatorially demanded a payment.
Blog text (7) -
They would have been better to have gently seeded the rebrand and won over people across an extended period of time, rather than dictatorially issuing snap commands about what people can think and write about it.
Blog text (33) -
RR particularly opposes the unconstitutional stance of many courts and public agencies that now force alcoholics to join religiously oriented 12-step programs and dictatorially give them no nonreligious choice.
Academic text (1992) -
The CEO dictatorially enforced his decisions without considering the team's opinions.
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She ruled the organization dictatorially, making all the important choices herself.
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The manager dictatorially implemented new policies that left no room for discussion.
Synonyms
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7.7
In a very strict and harsh way to control people
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8.6
To speak in a commanding way that expects people to obey
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8.2
To make someone do something by using force or threats
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7.9
In a way that tries to control others and ignores their views
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8.1
To act with complete power without asking other people what they think
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7.9
In a cruel, unfair way using strong control over others
In a way that treats other people as unimportant and ignores their views
In a way that shows someone wants to control other people
In a cruel way that ignores people's rights
In a way that tells people what to do
Antonyms
How Dictatorial
Surface Forms
Morphology
dictatorially = dictatorial (transparent) = dictator + ial + ly
The adverb is a regular formation from the adjective 'dictatorial' with '-ly', and the meaning 'in a dictator-like manner' is straightforward.
Etymology
Dictatorially comes from dictator, which comes from the old Latin root dic- meaning 'to say' or 'declare'. You can see the same root in dictate, which means 'to order', so dictatorially describes acting like someone who gives orders and controls others.