独断

Traditional form:

獨斷

Pinyin (reading):

dúduàn

Definitions:

• to decide alone without consultation
• arbitrary
• dictatorial

Characters:

• 独 - alone, independent, only, single, solitary
• 断 - to sever, to cut off, to interrupt

Traditional characters:

• 獨 - alone, independent, only, single, solitary
• 斷 - to sever, to cut off, to interrupt