26984 words

dictatorship

3 definitions • 3 examples
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Examples:

military dictatorship The country is being run by a repressive military dictatorship.
2
the state of being, or being ruled by, a dictator:

Examples:

dictatorship of The dictatorship of Franco lasted for nearly 40 years.
3
a country ruled by a dictator, or the condition of being so ruled:

Examples:

[ U ] A flood of refugees fled the brutal dictatorship then existing in that country.

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