Dictatorship
[dɪk'teɪtəʃɪp] or [dɪk'tetɚ'ʃɪp]
Definition
(noun.) a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.).
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Definition
(n.) The office, or the term of office, of a dictator; hence, absolute power.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Despotism, absolutism, tyranny, arbitrary power, absolute power, iron rule.
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Examples
- All Russia now is a huge experiment in that dictatorship (August, 1920). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Nearly all the journals read by the masses objected from the first to the dictatorship of the group of Premiers, Mr. Wilson being excepted. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I disdain your dictatorship. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Any revival of the kingly title was out of the question, and Octavian himself expressly refused the dictatorship. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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