satrapianadj.
/səˈtreɪpɪən/, U.S. /səˈtreɪpiən/ Of, relating to, or characteristic of a satrap or satraps; spec. tyrannical.
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society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [adjective] > tyrannical, despotic, or autocratic
tyrant1297
tyrannous1491
Pharaonical1528
tyrannical1560
tyrannizing1589
servile1603
despotical1608
monarchicala1618
Nimrodian1631
autocratoric1641
Dominical1644
despotic1650
Pendragonish1650
autocratical1651
autocratorical1651
Pharaonian1673
autocratic1769
Pharaonic1792
Corsican1804
Napoleonic1810
satrapian1822
satrapical1823
sultanic1827
absolutist1829
absolutistic1841
arbitrary1862
Napoleonistic1870
Nimrodic1877
pre-Hitlerian1942
1822 New Monthly Mag. 5 270 After many similar satrapian invectives.
1877 J. M'Clintock & J. Strong Cycl. Biblical, Theol., & Eccl. Lit. VII. 977/2 The satrapian form of administration necessitated the employment of posts and means of conveyance.
1911 J. Bonar Disturbing Elem. in Study & Teaching Polit. Econ. i. 17 Stephen may be conceived, just on that account, to have a slight bias towards Satrapian heresies in politics.
2013 J. Elayi in M. L. Steiner & A. E. Killebrew Oxf. Handbk. Archaeology of Levant ii. viii. 117 Artaxerxes III put the satrap Mazday in charge of Transeuphratene and especially Sidon, where he minted his satrapian coinage.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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