dictatorship
A type of government where absolute sovereignty is allotted to an individual or a…A type of government where absolute sovereignty is allotted to an individual or a small clique.
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4 sensesA type of government where absolute sovereignty is allotted to an individual or a small clique.
A government which exercises autocratic rule.
There were no elections during Franco's dictatorship.
Diktatur, Gewaltherrschaft, Willkürherrschaft
диктату́раdiktatúra
диктату́раdyktatúra
Any household, institution, or other organization that is run under such sovereignty or autocracy.
(broadly)Total authority, control, or domination.
- a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
Examples
87 sentencesDo you think that all dictatorships are bad?
What are the differences between monarchies and dictatorships?
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
What are some of the differences between dictatorships and monarchies?
What are some of the differences between a dictatorship and a monarchy?
Translations
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Forms
plural: dictatorships| Singular | dictatorship |
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Synonyms
11 synonyms- a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.):absolutismauthoritarianismCaesarismdespotismmonocracyone-man ruleshogunateStalinism
Word family
10 related wordsSee also
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