high-handedness
noun[U]
uk/ˌhaɪˈhæn.dɪd.nəs/us/ˌhaɪˈhæn.dɪd.nəs/the use ofpowerorauthorityin a way that is moreforcefulthan isneeded, withoutthinkingabout thefeelingsorwishesof otherpeople:
高压手段，专制He was aleaderof someignoranceand high-handedness.他是个相当无知和专横的领导。
Aneffectivecomplaintrequirestherightmixtureof high-handedness andlightnessoftone.有效的控诉需要适当地混合专横的态度和轻柔的语气。
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high-handed
- Knowledge withoutvirtueleadsto high-handedness.
- Thepublicmoodturnedagainst his high-handedness.
- Normally thatkindof high-handedness would haveirritatedher, but she was toobusyeventonotice.
Controlling and being in charge
- aggrandize
- assume
- assumption
- authoritative
- authoritatively
- commanding
- dictate
- guiding principle
- harness
- have (got)someoneby the short and curliesidiom
- havesomeoneby the ballsidiom
- havesomeoneeating out ofyourhandidiom
- helm
- override
- police
- policing
- possess
- power play
- predominate
- skipper