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diktat definition

dik·tat (dik tät′, dik′tät′)

noun

an authoritarian decree, order, or policy

Etymology: Ger

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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