dynastic
/dɪˈnastɪk
/adjective
1Relating to a line of hereditary rulers of a country: the last dynastic rulers of Rome dynastic monarchies...
- He describes Plantagenet's dynastic claim to the throne deriving from Edward III.
- In dynastic China, the most prestigious career was government service.
- This interest in allying rulership with time and cosmos stands in full accord with the ceremonial and commemorative practices of Maya dynastic kingship.
1.1Relating to a succession of people from the same family who play a prominent role in business, politics, or another field: the plot concerns the dynastic struggles of two brothers...
- In the US, the ultra-affluent knew they were barely taxed so they made up for it with personal and dynastic philanthropy: think Carnegie, Mellon and Rockefeller.
- Well, they do say that American politics is strangely dynastic for a democracy.
- Do we have too much dynastic power in American politics?
Derivatives
dynastically
- The pressure was strong for her to make a dynastically advantageous marriage, and this seems to have led to tensions between mother and daughter.
- It was not inevitable that they would never be recovered, and as an Angevin Henry was dynastically impelled to seek to regain his inheritance and restore the honour of his lineage.
- She dynastically inherited her job as CEO of the auto parts business her father built from scratch.