whakatuanui
1. (verb) (-tia) to be overbearing, show arrogance, domineer.
He wahine kāore i mataku ki te whakaputa i ōna whakaaro, he wā anō ka whakatuanui, ka whakatopatopa (TTR 2000:164). / A woman who wasn't afraid to express her views, and was at times dogmatic and domineering.
Synonyms: ngarengare, tuanui, hākiki
2. (modifier) overbearing, arrogant, domineering, dogmatic, authoritarian, autocratic, dictatorial.
Kīhai a Wiremu i mataku ki te taupatupatu i ngā tikanga whakatuanui, tikanga whakatūpehupehu hoki (TTR 2000:143). / Wiremu was not afraid to debate dogmatic traditions and strictures.
3. (noun) domination, dominance, arrogance, dogmatism, autocrat, dictator.
Ka tae ki ngā tau whakamutunga o te tekau tau atu i 1880, mau tonu tana whakatuanui engari kua māuiuihia (TTR 1990:173). / By the late 1880s he was still an autocrat, but had become ill.
