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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. See also: Government
2. the office of a dictator. — dictatorial, adj. ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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That certain sultanism of his brain, which had otherwise in a good degree remained unmanifested; through those forms that same sultanism became incarnate in an irresistible dictatorship. Nor could there have been a war had there been no English intrigues and no Duke of Oldenburg, and had Alexander not felt insulted, and had there not been an autocratic government in Russia, or a Revolution in France and a subsequent dictatorship and Empire, or all the things that produced the French Revolution, and so on. Caesar did himself infinite hurt in that speech, Sylla nescivit literas, non potuit dictare; for it did utterly cut off that hope, which men had entertained, that he would at one time or other give over his dictatorship. |
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