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dictatorship
[ dik-tey-ter-ship, dik-tey- ]
noun
- a country, government, or the form of government in which absolute power is exercised by a dictator.
- absolute, imperious, or overbearing power or control.
- the office or position held by a dictator.
dictatorship
/ ɪˈٱɪəˌʃɪ /
noun
- the rank, office, or period of rule of a dictator
- government by a dictator or dictators
- a country ruled by a dictator or dictators
- absolute or supreme power or authority
dictatorship
- Government by a single person or by a junta or other group that is not responsible to the people or their elected representatives.
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Example Sentences
“How does a democracy turn itself into a dictatorship?”
Critics felt he failed to do enough to oppose the country's brutal military dictatorship in the 1970s and 1980s and to criticise the complicity of some figures in the Church.
At a local factory, he worked closely with Esther Ballestrino, who campaigned against Argentina's military dictatorship.
I assumed I'd lost my home country for good, then suddenly last year the dictatorship was toppled in just over a week.
He pointed to Brazil and South Korea, which have histories of dictatorships and which in recent years have rejected anti-democratic threats.
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