magisterial

Examples

• All

• "I want to give all the money to my church," Alda said in a magisterial voice.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Thenceforth, he became immersed in writing his magisterial India and Pakistan: A General and Regional Geography (1954).

  Academic text (2000)

• His voice was rough and magisterial.

  Academic text (2013)

• Esteemed William of Orange and Black, a magisterial figure in medieval history.

• The objectivity of this system reduced the role of the historian to one of simple communicator of magisterial pronouncements.

  Academic text (2007)

• As the French political thinker Raymond Aron has written in his magisterial Main Currents in Sociological Thought:

  Academic text (2000)

• The British social and cultural historian, Arthur Marwick, concluded his magisterial book on the cultural revolution of the 1960s in the West with a very brief final sentence on the transformation: "There has been nothing quite like it; nothing will be quite the same again."

  Academic text (2004)

• Of special value here is Frank Zipfel's magisterial survey of theories of fiction and fictionality, Fiktion, Fiktivität, Fiktionalität (2001).

  Academic text (2004)

• In academia, beginning in 1961 with Raul Hilberg's magisterial Destruction of the European Jews, there was an outpouring of monographs, several focusing on the vexed politics of wartime rescue.

  Academic text (2005)

• The judge's magisterial tone commanded respect from everyone in the courtroom.

Synonyms

D

distinguished

vsmagisterial

• Formal

41 5.2

Having a calm, impressive way of looking and behaving

carries more direct authoritative command and directive presence than quiet eminence

H

high-and-mighty

vsmagisterial

• Offensive

20 8.2

Acting as if you are better than other people

can be similar when overbearing but is usually more dignified and formally commanding

I

imposing

vsmagisterial

13 5.6

Having a large, impressive appearance that makes people notice and respect it

focuses more on formal authority and command than on mere impressive looks

C

commanding

vsmagisterial

8 4.1

Having a strong presence that makes people pay attention

is more dignified and formal in manner rather than only forceful control

P

peremptory

vsmagisterial

• Formal

6 9.3

Demanding immediate action in a bossy way and allowing no refusal

is less purely bossy and more about dignified authority and solemn command

D

dominating

vsmagisterial

1 5.6

Trying to control other people in a forceful or unfair way

relies more on respected authority and commanding dignity than aggressive domination

S

seignorial

vsmagisterial

• Archaic

9.9

Showing a proud, grand style like a lord

is similar but emphasizes formal authority and learned dignity more than rank

S

seigniorial

vsmagisterial

• Archaic

9.9

Showing a proud, grand manner that commands respect

leans more to official, learned authority and calm dignity than sheer imperiousness

S

seigneurial

vsmagisterial

• Archaic

9.9

Having a proud, powerful manner that makes other people feel small

is more about measured, institutional authority and dignified carriage than dominance

S

schoolmasterly

vsmagisterial

8.7

Being strict and formal like a teacher in a classroom

is broader, showing high official authority and dignity rather than classroom strictness

M

magniloquent

vsmagisterial

• Formal

9.9

To use very big, showy words to sound important

focuses more on real authority and commanding presence than on grand language alone

Antonyms

H

humble

222 2.8

Not proud and not thinking you are better than others

S

submissive

38 5.1

Willing to obey others and not argue

How Authoritative

magisterial

• Formal

1 7.9

authoritative

39 5.8

commanding

8 4.1

firm

73 2.7

assertive

42 4.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology