Definition of peremptory Peremptory
/pɚɛˈmptɚi/ - [perempteree] - per•emp•to•ry
We found 10 definitions of peremptory from 5 different sources.
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What does peremptory mean?
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| peremptory - putting an end to all debate or action; "a peremptory decree" | ||
| peremptory - not allowing contradiction or refusal; "spoke in peremptory tones"; "peremptory commands" | ||
| peremptory - offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power; "an autocratic person"; "autocratic behavior"; "a bossy way of ordering others around"; "a rather aggressive and dominating character"; "managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way"; "a swaggering peremptory manner" | ||
| autocratic, bossy, dominating, high-and-mighty, magisterial | ||
| domineering tending to domineer | ||
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Wiktionary 
- peremptory (Adjective)
Positive in opinion or judgment; absolutely certain, overconfident, unwilling to hear any debate or argument especially in a pejorative sense; dogmatic. - peremptory (Adjective)
Accepting no refusal or disagreement; imperious, dictatorial.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- peremptory (a.)
Precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal; positive; absolute; decisive; conclusive; final. - peremptory (a.)
Positive in opinion or judgment; decided; dictatorial; dogmatical. - peremptory (a.)
Firmly determined; unawed.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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peremptory
per′emp-tō-ri, adj. preventing debate: authoritative: dogmatical: final, determinate: fully resolved or determined: that must be done.—adv. Per′emptorily.—n. Per′emptoriness. [Fr.,—L. peremptorius—perimĕre, peremptum—per, entirely, emĕre, to take.]
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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peremptory
Whatever is absolute and final, not to be altered, renewed, or restrained. Peremptory execution, what takes place immediately.
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