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Meanings of dictatorship in English

Russian
диктатура
Portuguese
ditadura
Spanish
dictadura
Catalan
dictadura
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Autocratic form of government which is ruled by a sole leader.

Related terms
диктатура
Portuguese
despotismo
Catalan
tirania
Spanish
despotismo

A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

despotismo
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Examples for "dictature"
Examples for "dictature"
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When any Caesar has conquered Gaul, I will excuse him for aiming at the perpetual dictature.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 3
Usage of dictatorship in English
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It has been 30 years since the end of the military dictatorship.
The Guardian
2
A Franco-German war is therefore, for the Soviet dictatorship, a pathological obsession.
Conspiracy and the Spanish Civil War. The brainwashing of Franci...
3
Some Maldivians viewed the election as a choice between dictatorship and democracy.
Reuters
4
A dictatorship founded on that device might really last a thousand years.
A Case of Conscience
5
Indonesia remained a military dictatorship for the rest of the cold war.
Legacy of ashes: the history of the cia
6
Of course, propaganda can always be changed at will in a dictatorship.
Reuters
7
Conde was elected in 2010 after decades of dictatorship and authoritarian rule.
Reuters
8
Following that were decades of dictatorship, civil war and relentless terrorist attacks.
The Guardian
9
It was the beginning of the end of the young Meza dictatorship.
Rogues
10
No dictatorship is a democracy and none contains the seeds of liberty.
The God That Failed
11
It is the only way to rescue them from the current dictatorship.
The Guardian
12
Critics say the congress would institutionalize dictatorship by the ruling Socialist Party.
Reuters
13
Ever since Zia's dictatorship, the soldiers had been inoculated with Islamist ideology.
The duel: pakistan on the flight path of american power
14
Unlike Libya, Syria is not an isolated dictatorship with a pushover army.
Reuters
15
Europe's first single-party dictatorship in the name of the people had emerged.
Christianity: the first three thousand years
16
Thailand remained under military dictatorship more than a decade after Donovan's departure.
Legacy of ashes: the history of the cia
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