Meaning & Definition of Dictatorship in English
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Dictatorship
/dɪktetərʃɪp/
noun
1. A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
synonym:
- dictatorship,
- absolutism,
- authoritarianism,
- Caesarism,
- despotism,
- monocracy,
- one-man rule,
- shogunate,
- Stalinism,
- totalitarianism,
- tyranny
Examples of using
Belarus has been described by former US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice as "the last remaining true dictatorship in the heart of Europe".
In a dictatorship laughing can be an indictable offense.
A dictatorship means, by definition, one center of power.