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Using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 2
given to haughty disregard of others
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cavalier
Antonyms: none provided
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Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
деспотичен
(despotičen)
— using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others
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Chinese Mandarin:
专横的
— using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others
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Finnish:
omavaltainen
— using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others
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Finnish:
despoottinen
— using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others
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Finnish:
määräilevä
— using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others
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French:
cavalier
— using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others
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French:
despotique
— using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others
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French:
arrogant
— using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others
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French:
autoritaire
— using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others
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French:
impérieux
— using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others
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French:
hautain
— using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others
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French:
morgue
— using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others
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French:
autocratique
— using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others
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German:
eigenmächtig
— using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others
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German:
selbstherrlich
— using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others
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Russian:
своево́льный
(svojevólʹnyj)
— using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others
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Slovak:
panovačný
— using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others
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Slovak:
despotický
— using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others
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Spanish:
despótico
— using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others
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Spanish:
arrogante
— using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others
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Spanish:
autoritario
— using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others
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Swedish:
egenmäktig
— using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others
