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1
having power over the minds or behavior of others
- in light of the effect that they have had, religious leaders such as Jesus and Muḥammad must be regarded as among the most influential people ever
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2
having great power or influence
- a particularly influential politician got the team a new ballpark
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- authoritarian,
- autocratic
- (also autocratical),
- despotic,
- dictatorial,
- magisterial,
- tyrannical
- (also tyrannic)
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The first known use of influential was in 1570
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