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dictatorship::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | absolutism, authoritarianism, caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny |
| Type of | autarchy, autocracy |
| Has types | police state |
| Derivation | dictator |
Examples of dictatorship
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In reality, the country was sliding into a dictatorship led by Gadhafi, he said.
From the edition.cnn.com
Saddam Hussein's dictatorship has been replaced with the makings of a democracy.
From the suntimes.com
As tourists, we experienced the frisson of dictatorship without any of the fear.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The same Franco who during his dictatorship made clear he was a Real Madrid fan.
From the edition.cnn.com
He says they shout out that they do not want a dictatorship, but a free society.
From the voanews.com
Then citizens overthrow the Soviet dictatorship and make Russia Christian again.
From the time.com
By 1990 the country had already been pummeled by years of military dictatorship.
From the time.com
Would a Fatah dictatorship last against Hamas if it were to gain East Jerusalem?
From the theatlantic.com
An organization that won't tolerate the irritant is not far from a dictatorship.
From the nytimes.com
- A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
- (dictator) a speaker who dictates to a secretary or a recording machine
- (dictator) a ruler who is unconstrained by law
- (dictator) authoritarian: a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner; "my boss is a dictator who makes everyone work overtime"
- A dictatorship is defined as an autocratic form of government in which the government is ruled by an individual, the dictator. It has three possible meanings: #A Roman dictator was the incumbent of a political office of the Roman Republic. ...
- A dictator is a ruler (e.g. absolutist or autocratic) who assumes sole and absolute power (sometimes but not always with military control) but without hereditary ascension such as an absolute monarch. ...
- (The Dictator (film)) The Dictator is a 1935 British historical drama film directed by Victor Saville and starring Clive Brook, Madeleine Carroll, Emlyn Williams and Helen Haye. ...
- (The Dictators) The Dictators are an American punk rock band formed in New York City in 1973 . Critic John Dougan said that they were "one of the finest and most influential proto-punk bands to walk the earth. ...
- A type of government where absolute sovereignty is allotted to an individual or a small clique; A government which exercises autocratic rule
