different between pompous vs dictatorial

English

Etymology

From Middle English pompous, from Old French pompeux, from Late Latin pomposus, from Latin pompa (“pomp”), from Ancient Greek ????? (pomp?, “a sending, a solemn procession, pomp”), from ????? (pémp?, “I send”). Doublet of pomposo.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p?mp?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?mp?s/

Adjective

pompous (comparative more pompous, superlative most pompous)

1. Affectedly grand, solemn or self-important.
   • 1848, Thackeray, William Makepeace, Vanity Fair, Bantam Classics (1997), 16:

     "Not that the parting speech caused Amelia to philosophise, or that it armed her in any way with a calmness, the result of argument; but it was intolerably dull, pompous, and tedious; and having the fear of her schoolmistress greatly before her eyes, Miss Samuel did not venture, in her presence, to give way to any ebullitions of private grief."

Synonyms

• conceited
• smug
• See also Thesaurus:arrogant

Antonyms

• humble
• modest
• self-effacing

Related terms

• pomp
• pomposity
• pompously

Translations

Further reading

• pompous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• pompous in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• pompous at OneLook Dictionary Search

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.