- the position or office of a dictator
- the time during which a dictator rules
- a state ruled by a dictator
- absolute power or authority
noun
The definition of a dictatorship is an office or government under absolute control of one person.
An example of a dictatorship is the rule of Uganda by Idi Amin from 1971 to 1979.
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noun
- The office or tenure of a dictator.
- A state or government under dictatorial rule.
- Absolute or despotic control or power.
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Noun
(plural dictatorships)
- A type of government where absolute sovereignty is allotted to an individual or a small clique.
- A government which exercises autocratic rule.
Origin
dictator + -ship
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Sentence Examples
- This dictatorship of Rosas continued until 1852.
- Sulla's dictatorship was the form taken by a provisional government.
- He wrote twenty-three books on the period between the Social War and the dictatorship of Sulla.
- In 79 Sulla resigned his dictatorship and retired to Puteoli (mod.
- The three volumes ended with the dictatorship of Caesar.
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WORDS NEAR dictatorship IN THE DICTIONARY
- dictatorship
- dictatorialness
- dictatorian
- dictatorlike