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单词 dictatorialness
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dictatorialnessn.

Brit. /ˌdɪktəˈtɔːrɪəlnəs/, U.S. /ˌdɪktəˈtɔriəlnəs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dictatorial adj., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < dictatorial adj. + -ness suffix. Compare dictatorialism n.
The quality or fact of being dictatorial (in various senses).
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society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [noun] > domineering or overbearing
lording?a1425
masterdomc1475
imperiousness1582
domineering1617
dictatoring1644
overbearing1649
magisteriousness1650
magisterialness1651
high-handednessa1658
peremptoriness1699
dictation1769
overbearingnessa1797
dictatorialism1826
bashawism1839
dictatorialness1845
domineeringness1889
overmasterfulness1899
bossiness1928
overdoggery1962
1845 Christian's Monthly Mag. 4 685 Jane's self-indulgence, Fanny's irritability, Mary's dictatorialness, Charlotte's asperity, Edith's want of tact, and Anna's unequal spirits, are held up to our view.
1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 29 Oct. in J. W. Cross George Eliot's Life III. 294 A spirit of arrogance and contemptuous dictatorialness is observable.
1888 Times 25 Dec. 3/2 The Cabinet crisis in Bulgaria has been brought about through the dictatorialness of M. Stambouloff.
1939 T. Scudder Jane Welsh Carlyle vii. 55 Against what appeared to him as high-handed dictatorialness he was ready to rebel.
2001 D. Worster River Running West x. 401 What he may actually have said was, go away and leave me in peace, but she was right that dictatorialness was not the director's style.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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