Adjectives

(a)despotic, despoticalbelonging to or having the characteristics of a despot
(s)despoticruled by or characteristic of a despot“moved from a feudal to a despotic order”, “his administration was arrogant and despotic”
(s)authoritarian, autocratic, dictatorial, despotic, tyrannic, tyrannicalcharacteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty“an authoritarian regime”, “autocratic government”, “despotic rulers”, “a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war”, “a tyrannical government”