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   Dic·ta·tor·ship

   /ˈdiktādərˌSHip/

   

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   • 1. government by a dictator: "forty years of dictatorship" Similar absolute ruleundemocratic ruledespotismautocracytyrannyauthoritarianismtotalitarianismabsolutismFascismoppressionsuppressionrepressionsubjugationdominationOpposite democracy
   • ▪ a country governed by a dictator. Similar totalitarian stateautocracyautarchymonocracydystopiaOpposite democracy
   • ▪ absolute authority in any sphere.

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