Meaning

4 senses
  1. A type of government where absolute sovereignty is allotted to an individual or a small clique.

  2. A government which exercises autocratic rule.

    There were no elections during Franco's dictatorship.

    Diktatur, Gewaltherrschaft, Willkürherrschaft

    диктату́раdiktatúra

    диктату́раdyktatúra

  3. Any household, institution, or other organization that is run under such sovereignty or autocracy.

  4. (broadly)Total authority, control, or domination.

More definitions
  • a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

Examples

87 sentences
  1. Do you think that all dictatorships are bad?

  2. What are the differences between monarchies and dictatorships?

  3. What's the difference between a dictatorship and a monarchy?

    ruЧем диктатура отличается от монархии? — marafon

    deWas ist der Unterschied zwischen einer Diktatur und einer Monarchie? — Waldelfe

  4. What are some of the differences between dictatorships and monarchies?

  5. What are some of the differences between a dictatorship and a monarchy?

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
a government led by a dictator:
Русский
By meaning 1
a government led by a dictator:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a government led by a dictator:

Forms

plural: dictatorships
Singulardictatorship
Pluraldictatorships

regular

Synonyms

11 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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