HOW TO PRONOUNCE
dictatorship
/ˈdɪkteɪtəɹʃɪp/
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What does dictatorship mean?
noun
- A type of government where absolute sovereignty is allotted to an individual or a small clique.
- A government which exercises autocratic rule.
- Any household, institution, or other organization that is run under such sovereignty or autocracy.
More meanings (1)
noun
- Total authority, control, or domination.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈdɪkteɪtəɹʃɪp/
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And for the very first time in all of history, more people on this planet live under democracy than dictatorship.
They sought to impose by force a dictatorship which speedily made men regret the system abolished, and finally led to its return.
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Minucius, thus exalted, could not contain himself from boasting of his success in humiliating the high and powerful office of the dictatorship.
I wandered for ten years, under the guidance and dictatorship of Circumstance, and finally arrived in a city of Iowa, where I worked several months.
I should have associated my son in the Empire; my dictatorship would have been finished, and his constitutional reign would have begun.