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dictatorship

noun
/ˈdɪktæɪtəʃɪp//dɪkˈteɪtə(ɹ)ʃɪp/UK/ˈdɪkteɪtəɹʃɪp/US

Etymology

From dictator + -ship.

  1. borrowed from dictātor — “a chief magistrate”
  2. formed as dictatorship — “dictator + -ship”

Definitions

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

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

  2. A government which exercises autocratic rule.

    • There were no elections during Franco's dictatorship.

  3. Any household, institution, or other organization that is run under such sovereignty or…

    Any household, institution, or other organization that is run under such sovereignty or autocracy.

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Derived

antidictatorship, codictatorship, dicktatorship, dictatorship of democracy, dictatorship of the bourgeoisie, dictatorship of the majority, dictatorship of the proletariat, narcodictatorship, nondictatorship, petro-dictatorship, postdictatorship, proletarian dictatorship, tin-pot dictatorship

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for dictatorship. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA