different between biased vs dictatorial

English

Alternative forms

• biassed (British)

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?ba??st/
• Rhymes: -a??st

Adjective

biased (comparative more biased, superlative most biased)

1. Exhibiting bias; prejudiced.

   Synonyms: partial, prejudiced, tendentious

2. Angled at a slant.

3. (electrical engineering) On which an electrical bias is applied.
4. (statistics) Exhibiting a systematic distortion of results due to a factor not allowed for in its derivation; skewed.

Translations

Verb

biased

1. simple past tense and past participle of bias

Anagrams

• abides, debias

English

Etymology

dictator +? -ial.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): [d?kt??t??????]

Adjective

dictatorial (comparative more dictatorial, superlative most dictatorial)

1. of or pertaining to a dictator
2. in the manner of a dictator, usually with callous disregard for others

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:bossy

Derived terms

• dictatorialism

Translations

French

Etymology

From dictateur +? -ial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dik.ta.t?.?jal/

Adjective

dictatorial (feminine singular dictatoriale, masculine plural dictatoriaux, feminine plural dictatoriales)

1. dictatorial

Further reading

• “dictatorial” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Portuguese

Adjective

dictatorial m or f (plural dictatoriais, comparable)

1. Obsolete spelling of ditatorial

Romanian

Etymology

From French dictatorial

Adjective

dictatorial m or n (feminine singular dictatorial?, masculine plural dictatoriali, feminine and neuter plural dictatoriale)

1. dictatorial

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Formed from Latin dictator and the suffix -al.

Adjective

dictatorial (plural dictatoriales)

1. dictatorial

Derived terms

• antidictatorial

Related terms

• dictador

Further reading

• “dictatorial” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.