Collective dictatorship

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1. The office or tenure of a dictator.

2. A state or government under dictatorial rule.

3. Absolute or despotic control or power.

dictatorship [dɪkˈteɪtəˌʃɪp]

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the rank, office, or period of rule of a dictator

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) government by a dictator or dictators

3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a country ruled by a dictator or dictators

4. absolute or supreme power or authority

dictatorship

1. a despotic system ruled by a dictator possessing absolute power and absolute authority.
2. the office of a dictator. — dictatorial, adj.

See also: Government

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Noun

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

monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, absolutism

autocracy, autarchy - a political system governed by a single individual

police state - a country that maintains repressive control over the people by means of police (especially secret police)

dictatorship

noun

1. absolute rule, tyranny, totalitarianism, authoritarianism, reign of terror, despotism, autocracy, absolutism a long period of military dictatorship

2. totalitarian state, autocracy, autarchy, monocracy every country in the region was a military dictatorship

Translations

dictatorship [dɪkˈteɪtəʃɪp] N → dictadura f

dictatorship [dɪkˈteɪtə^rʃɪp] n

(= government) → dictature f

(= country) → dictature f

dictatorship

n (Pol, fig) → Diktatur f

dictatorship [dɪkˈteɪtəˌʃɪp] n → dittatura

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