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独裁的 (dokusaiteki) Japanese meaning: dictatorial | Kotomora
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Everyone pushed back against his dictatorial way of doing things.
Autocratic leadership lowers team morale.
Kanji 独 single, alone, spontaneously 的 bull's eye, mark, target Related words 独どく 裁さい 独裁 is a noun meaning 'dictatorship' or 'autocracy'; 独裁的 is the na-adjective form meaning 'dictatorial' or 'autocratic'.
専せん 制せい 的てき 専制的 also means 'despotic' or 'autocratic', but 独裁的 is more commonly used for dictatorial rule, while 専制的 can imply absolute, often oppressive, control.
Etymology From 独裁 (dictatorship) + 的 (-like, -ic). 独裁 is composed of 独 (alone, single) and 裁 (judge, decide).
