Definitions for Dictatorship
dɪkˈteɪ tərˌʃɪp, ˈdɪk teɪ-dic·ta·tor·ship

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyrannynoun

   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. dictatorshipnoun

   A type of government where absolute sovereignty is allotted to an individual or a small clique.

2. dictatorshipnoun

   A government which exercises autocratic rule.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dictatorshipnoun

   Etymology: from dictator.

   1. The office of dictator.

   This is the solemnest title they can confer under the princedom, being indeed a kind of dictatorship. Henry Wotton.

   2. Authority; insolent confidence.

   This is that perpetual dictatorship which is exercised by Lucretius, though often in the wrong. Dryden.

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1. Dictatorship

   A dictatorship is a form of government which is characterized by a leader, or a group of leaders, which holds governmental powers with few to no limitations on them. The leader of a dictatorship is called a dictator. Politics in a dictatorship are controlled by the dictator and facilitated through an inner circle of elites that include advisers, generals, and other high-ranking officials. The dictator maintains control by influencing and appeasing the inner circle while repressing any opposition, which may include rival political parties, armed resistance, or disloyal members of the inner circle. Dictatorships can be formed by a military coup that overthrows the previous government through force or by a self-coup in which elected leaders make their rule permanent. Dictatorships are authoritarian or totalitarian and can be classified as military dictatorships, one-party dictatorships, personalist dictatorships, or absolute monarchies. The term dictatorship originates from its use in the Roman Republic. The earliest military dictatorships developed in the post-classical era, particularly in Shogun-era Japan. Modern dictatorships first developed in the 19th century, which included Bonapartism in Europe and caudillos in Latin America. The 20th century saw the rise of fascist and communist dictatorships in Europe; fascism was eradicated in the aftermath of World War II in 1945, while communism spread to other continents, maintaining prominence until the end of the Cold War in 1991. The 20th century also saw the rise of personalist dictatorships in Africa and military dictatorships in Latin America, both of which became prominent in the 1960s and 1970s. Several dictatorships have persisted into the 21st century, particularly in Africa and Asia. Dictatorships frequently hold elections in order to establish their legitimacy or provide incentives to members of the ruling party, but these elections are not competitive for the opposition. Stability in a dictatorship is maintained through coercion and political repression, which involves the restriction of access to information, the tracking of the political opposition, and acts of violence. Dictatorships that fail to repress the opposition are susceptible to collapse through a coup or a revolution.

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1. dictatorship

   A dictatorship is a form of government where absolute power is concentrated in the hands of a single person or a small group, often referred to as a dictator, who exercises unrestricted political authority and control over the affairs of the state. These leaders often obtain and maintain power through force or fraud, and their decisions are not subjected to legal restraints or regularized mechanisms of popular control. Public liberties, human rights, and political opposition are usually suppressed in such regimes.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Dictatorshipnoun

   the office, or the term of office, of a dictator; hence, absolute power

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1. Dictatorship

   A dictatorship is defined as an autocratic or authoritarian form of government in which a government is ruled by either an individual: a dictator, or an authoritarian party, as in an oligarchy. It has three possible meanings: ⁕A Roman dictator was the incumbent of a political office of legislate of the Roman Republic. Roman dictators were allocated absolute power during times of emergency. Their power was originally neither arbitrary nor unaccountable, being subject to law and requiring retrospective justification. There were no such dictatorships after the beginning of the 2nd century BC, and later dictators such as Sulla and the Roman Emperors exercised power much more personally and arbitrarily. ⁕A government controlled by one person, or a small group of people. In this form of government the power rests entirely on the person or group of people, and can be obtained by force or by inheritance. The dictator may also take away much of its peoples' freedom. ⁕In contemporary usage, dictatorship refers to an autocratic form of absolute rule by leadership unrestricted by law, constitutions, or other social and political factors within the state. For some scholars, a dictatorship is a form of government that has the power to govern without consent of those being governed, while totalitarianism describes a state that regulates nearly every aspect of public and private behavior of the people. In other words, dictatorship concerns the source of the governing power and totalitarianism concerns the scope of the governing power.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Dictatorship in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Dictatorship in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Dictatorship in a Sentence

1. George Frost Kennan:

   The accords were fig leaves of democratic procedure to hide the nakedness of Stalinist dictatorship.

2. Cori Bush:

   Putin’s murderous dictatorship is killing people right now in a brutal and illegal invasion of Ukraine, now is the time for us to act with moral clarity. We must use every tool to save lives and promote diplomacy — not military escalation or inhumane sanctions.

3. Thaw Zin:

   We don’t want a dictatorship for the next generation or for us.

4. Soe Htay:

   The way I see it, their sorrow will only be healed after the revolution... my only thought is to root out the dictatorship, for now I have to bury my bitterness and hatred in the revolution.

5. Britney Spears:

   So many people in America think that somehow America is immune to tyranny, and somehow a dictatorship begins like North Korea, it did n’t begin there. It began with amazing promises of equity. They promised a socialist paradise to us.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Dictatorship
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Dictatorship
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Dictatorship
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictatorship
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Dictatorship
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Dictatorship