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Tyrannical synonyms

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dictatorial
Of or pertaining to a dictator
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  1. Of or pertaining to a dictator
  2. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a dictator or dictatorship; autocratic.
  3. In the manner of a dictator, usually with callous disregard for others
totalitarian
Of, relating to, being, or imposing a form of government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control over all aspects of life, the individual is subordinated to the state, and opposing political and cultural expression is suppressed:
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  1. Of, relating to, being, or imposing a form of government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control over all aspects of life, the individual is subordinated to the state, and opposing political and cultural expression is suppressed:
  2. Completely authoritarian, autocratic, dictatorial, etc.
brutal
Extremely ruthless or cruel.
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  1. Extremely ruthless or cruel.
  2. Plain and direct, although distressing in effect
  3. Disagreeably precise or penetrating:
domineering
Arrogant in asserting or attempting to assert one's will over others; overbearing.
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  1. Arrogant in asserting or attempting to assert one's will over others; overbearing.
  2. Arrogant; overbearing; tyrannical
  3. Overbearing, dictatorial or authoritarian
lordly
Pretentiously arrogant and overbearing.
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  1. Pretentiously arrogant and overbearing.
  2. Of, like, characteristic of, or suitable to a lord
  3. Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent.
authoritarian
Tending to tell other people what to do in a peremptory or arrogant manner.
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  1. Tending to tell other people what to do in a peremptory or arrogant manner.
  2. Characterized by or favoring absolute obedience to authority, as against individual freedom:
autocratic
Of or pertaining to the manner of an autocrat.
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  1. Of or pertaining to the manner of an autocrat.
  2. Tending to impose one's will on others in an insistent or arrogant manner; domineering.
  3. Of or pertaining to autocracy or to an autocrat; absolute; holding independent and arbitrary powers of government.
despotic
Of or like a despot; autocratic; tyrannical
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  1. Of or like a despot; autocratic; tyrannical
  2. Of or pertaining to a despot or tyrant.
  3. Acting or ruling as a despot, tyrannical.
dictatorial
In the manner of a dictator, usually with callous disregard for others
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  1. In the manner of a dictator, usually with callous disregard for others
  2. Of or pertaining to a dictator
  3. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a dictator or dictatorship; autocratic.
totalitarian
Of, relating to, being, or imposing a form of government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control over all aspects of life, the individual is subordinated to the state, and opposing political and cultural expression is suppressed:
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  1. Of, relating to, being, or imposing a form of government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control over all aspects of life, the individual is subordinated to the state, and opposing political and cultural expression is suppressed:
  2. Completely authoritarian, autocratic, dictatorial, etc.
absolute
Not to be doubted or questioned; positive:
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  1. Not to be doubted or questioned; positive:
  2. Being fully such; utter:
  3. Unconstrained by constitutional or other provisions:
absolutistic
Alternative form of absolutist.[First attested in the mid 19th century.]
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  1. Alternative form of absolutist.[First attested in the mid 19th century.]
arbitrary
Not limited by law; despotic:
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  1. Not limited by law; despotic:
  2. Absolute; despotic; completely unreasonable; lacking any rational basis. This type of decision is often called arbitrary and capricious.
  3. Absolute; despotic
autarchic
Of, pertaining to, or marked by autarchy; autocratic.
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  1. Of, pertaining to, or marked by autarchy; autocratic.
autocratic
Of or pertaining to the manner of an autocrat.
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  1. Of or pertaining to the manner of an autocrat.
  2. Tending to impose one's will on others in an insistent or arrogant manner; domineering.
  3. Of or pertaining to autocracy or to an autocrat; absolute; holding independent and arbitrary powers of government.
despotic
Of or pertaining to a despot or tyrant.
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  1. Of or pertaining to a despot or tyrant.
  2. Of or like a despot; autocratic; tyrannical
  3. Acting or ruling as a despot, tyrannical.
dictatorial
Of or pertaining to a dictator
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  1. Of or pertaining to a dictator
  2. In the manner of a dictator, usually with callous disregard for others
  3. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a dictator or dictatorship; autocratic.
totalitarian
Completely authoritarian, autocratic, dictatorial, etc.
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  1. Completely authoritarian, autocratic, dictatorial, etc.
  2. Of, relating to, being, or imposing a form of government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control over all aspects of life, the individual is subordinated to the state, and opposing political and cultural expression is suppressed:
tyrannous
Characterized by tyranny; despotic.
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  1. Characterized by tyranny; despotic.
  2. Tyrannical; despotic, oppressive, unjust, etc.
  3. Tyrannical, despotic or oppressive
Find another word for tyrannical. In this page you can discover 30 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for tyrannical, like: dictatorial, fascistic, totalitarian, brutal, domineering, lordly, absolute, autocratic, authoritarian, autocratic and despotic.

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  • He was a tyrannical ruler, and died suddenly in 1522.

  • In violation of the Law he married a brother's widow, who had already borne children, and in general he showed himself so fierce and tyrannical that the Jews joined with the Samaritans to accuse him before the emperor.

  • At his instance of the tyrannical system of arbitrary imposts and so Florence."

  • So tyrannical, however, was his rule that in 1316 he was expelled by the popular fury.

  • no less a tyrannical master than the Turks and the sheiks;, the country revolted in 1834, but the insurrection was quelled.

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