Dictatorial and Modest

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Dictatorial adjective - Fond of ordering people around.

Usage example: no surprise that the dictatorial manager is highly unpopular among employees

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Modest is an antonym for dictatorial.

Modest adjective - Being about midway between extremes of amount or size.

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Dictatorial is an antonym for modest.

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