by decree

Related
  • edictAuthoritative public command
  • mandateFormal authoritative directive
  • fiatAuthoritative official decree
  • proclamationFormal public announcement
  • orderMethodical arrangement or request

command · dictate · ruling · ordinance · royal · sovereign · authority · imperial · pronouncement · law · official · enforce · declare · proclaim · absolute · autocratic · unilateral · dictator

Opposites
source of authority

by decreedemocratically

By majority decision

by committee · collectively

process formality

by decreeorganically

Without synthetic substances

naturally · spontaneously · gradually · informally · emergently

consent and participation

by decreeby choice

voluntarily · cooperatively

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