dictatorship
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dictatorship
- /ˈdɪktæɪtəʃɪp/ Australia
- /ˈdəktæɪtəʃəp/ New Zealand
- /ˈdiktetəʃip/ Singapore
- /dɪkˈteɪtə(ɹ)ʃɪp/ UK
- /ˈdɪkteɪtəɹʃɪp/ US
noun dictatorships
- A type of government where absolute sovereignty is allotted to an individual or a small clique.
- A government which exercises autocratic rule. There were no elections during Franco's dictatorship.
- Any household, institution, or other organization that is run under such sovereignty or autocracy.
- Total authority, control, or domination. It has had a deplorable effect in furnishing pretexts for the stifling of all independent philosophical thought and in establishing the party's dictatorship over science and culture in every sphere.
Similar: absolutism, autocracy, despotism, tyranny
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: despotism, authoritarianism, totalitarianism, tyranny, monocracy, caesarism, stalinism, absolutism, shogunate, one-man rule, totalitarian, autocracy, dictator, regime, despotic, dominance
noun
Similar: absolutism, autocracy, despotism, tyranny
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noun a government led by a dictator
| Español | dictadura, dictaduría |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 독재 dokjae |
| 日本語 | 独裁政治 dokusaiseiji, 独裁 dokusai |
| 中文 | 獨裁 /独裁 dúcái, 專政 /专政 zhuānzhèng |
| हिन्दी | तानाशाही tānāśāhī, अधिनायकतंत्र adhināyaktantra |
| Kiswahili | udikteta |
| Português | ditadura |
| Français | dictature |
| Deutsch | Diktatur, Gewaltherrschaft, Willkürherrschaft, Cäsarenherrschaft |
| Italiano | dittatura |
| Ελληνικά | δικτατορία diktatoría |
| Română | dictatură |
| Русский | диктату́ра diktatúra |
| Tiếng Việt | chế độ độc tài, nền chuyên chính |
| العربية | دِكْتَاتُورِيَّة diktātōriyya, دِيكْتَاتُورِيَّة diktātōriyya |
| עברית | דִּיקְטָטוּרָה diktatúra |
Talk about this word "dictatorship." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dictatorship. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. dictatorship. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/dictatorship "dictatorship." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/dictatorship.Cite this
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title = {dictatorship},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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