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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
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.)
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 absolute rule, tyranny, totalitarianism, authoritarianism, reign of terror, despotism, autocracy, absolutism
Translations
Spanish dictatorship [dɪkˈteɪtəʃɪp] n → dictadura
French dictatorship [dɪkˈteɪtəʃɪp] n → dictature f
German dictatorship [dɪkˈteɪtəʃɪp] dictator n → Diktatur f
Italian dictatorship [dɪkˈteɪtəʃɪp] n → dittatura
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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.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
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.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
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.
The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context
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