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dictatorship
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dic·ta·tor·ship  (dk-ttr-shp, dkt-)
n.
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]
n
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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.dictatorshipdictatorship - a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
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] Ndictadura f
dictatorship [dɪkˈteɪtərʃɪp] n
(= government) → dictature f
(= country) → dictature f
dictatorship
n (Pol, fig) → Diktatur f
dictatorship [dɪkˈteɪtəˌʃɪp] ndittatura
dictatorship [dɪkˈteɪtəˌʃɪp] ndittatura


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This is surprising in so far as we know that indigenous people were brutally massacred throughout the dictatorships and the 1980s, and that at least in Bolivia, these communities have overthrown two presidents and installed their own leaders.
From 1950 to 1990, riots and demonstrations in many countries but caused greater destabilization in dictatorships.
Besides, I thought, what black person of whatever sexual orientation or gender, living in the US and possessed of good (historical) sense, wouldn't make a connection between the systematized torture and dictatorship historically imposed on black people's lives in this country and throughout our diaspora, on the one hand, and the global tortures and dictatorships sometimes more widely known, on the other hand?
 
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