dictatorship

Noun

Meaning

The office, or the term of office, of a dictator; hence, absolute power.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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kingdom republic commonwealth patriarchate land ground

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autocracy autarchy

When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship. Harry S. Truman

The revolution is a dictatorship of the exploited against the exploiters. Fidel Castro

Fig leaves of democratic procedure to hide the nakedness of Stalinist dictatorship. George F. Kennan

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near. Will Durant

Television has made dictatorship impossible but democracy unbearable. Shimon Peres

Better an iron dictatorship than a golden anarchy. Norwegian Proverb