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1. (n.) dictatorship
a country, government, or the form of government in which absolute power is exercised by a dictator.
2. dictatorship
absolute, imperious, or overbearing power or control.
3. dictatorship
the office or position held by a dictator.
Etymology: (1580–90)
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1. (noun) dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny
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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1. (noun) dictatorship
a country ruled by a dictator, or the government of such a country
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1. (noun) dictatorship
the office, or the term of office, of a dictator; hence, absolute power
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Sense: the authority of a dictator
His dictatorship is threatened by the terrorists.
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 Afrikaans: diktatorskap, alleenheers |
 Arabic: طُغْيان، دكتاتورِيَّه |
 Bulgarian: диктатура |
 Brazilian: ditadura |
 Czech: diktatura |
 German: die Diktatur |
 Danish: diktatur |
 Greek: η εξουσία του δικτάτορα |
 Spanish: dictadura |
 Estonian: diktatuur |
 Farsi: دیکتاتوری؛ قدرت مطلق |
 Finnish: diktatuuri |
 French: dictature |
 Hebrew: דִיקטָטוּרָה |
 Hindi: तानाशाही |
 Croatian: diktatorstvo, tiranija |
 Hungarian: parancsuralom, diktatúra |
 Indonesian: kediktatoran |
 Icelandic: einræði |
 Italian: dittatura |
 Japanese: 独裁 |
 Korean: 독재권 |
 Lithuanian: diktatūra |
 Latvian: diktatūra |
 Malay: pemerintahan diktator |
 Dutch: dictatuur |
 Norwegian: diktatur |
 Polish: dyktatura |
 Persian: دیکتاتوری؛ قدرت مطلق |
 Pashto: دكټاټور |
 Portuguese: ditadura |
 Romanian: dictatură |
 Russian: диктатура |
 Slovak: diktatúra |
 Slovenian: diktatura |
 Serbian: diktatura |
 Swedish: diktatur |
 Thai: อำนาจเผด็จการ |
 Turkish: diktatörlük |
 Taiwanese: 獨裁 |
 Ukrainian: диктатура |
 Urdu: آمریت |
 Vietnamese: chế độ độc tài |
 Chinese: 独裁 |
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