peremptory (English)
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peremptory
- Adjective
offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power; "an autocratic person"; "autocratic behavior"; "a bossy way of ordering others around"; "a rather aggressive and dominating character"; "managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way"; "a swaggering peremptory manner"
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not allowing contradiction or refusal; "spoke in peremptory tones"; "peremptory commands"
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