dictatorial
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Günter is attracted to Freud’s science of the mind because he believes that it alleviates unhappiness, but he is learning that the analyst can be distant and dictatorial, like some all-knowing but uncaring deity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
How can such a playful fellow have dictatorial aspirations?!
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2025
"His style of leadership, in retrospect I would call it very manipulative. At the time, I would say, it was very dictatorial," Ms Evans said.
From BBC • Aug. 21, 2025
Since his temperament is dictatorial by nature, much of his agenda is naturally autocratic.
From Salon • Jun. 13, 2025
Kim Jong II inherited his dictatorial control of North Korea from his father in 1994—the first hereditary succession in the communist world.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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