Dictatorship meaning

dĭk-tātər-shĭp, dĭktā-
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A state or government under dictatorial rule.
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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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A state ruled by a dictator.
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Absolute or despotic control or power.
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A type of government where absolute sovereignty is allotted to an individual or a small clique.
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Absolute power or authority.
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A government which exercises autocratic rule.
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The office or tenure of a dictator.
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The position or office of a dictator.
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The time during which a dictator rules.
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Origin of dictatorship

Dictatorship Sentence Examples

  • This dictatorship of Rosas continued until 1852.

  • Sulla's dictatorship was the form taken by a provisional government.

  • The three volumes ended with the dictatorship of Caesar.

  • He wrote twenty-three books on the period between the Social War and the dictatorship of Sulla.

  • But towards the close of Lerdo de Tejada's term he was suspected of aiming at a dictatorship, and Diaz, whom he had proscribed, made preparations for a rising, then retiring to Texas.

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