Dictation /(?)/

Dic·ta·tion

Dictation

n.
  1. The act of dictating; the act or practice of prescribing; also that which is dictated.
    It affords security against the dictation of laws.
    — Paley.
  2. The speaking to, or the giving orders to, in an overbearing manner; authoritative utterance; as, his habit, even with friends, was that of dictation.