as in tyranny
a system of government in which the ruler has unlimited power
a revolution that only ended up replacing one dictatorship with another
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Recent Examples of dictatorship
But just as important to the Poles living under Soviet dictatorship were art books, fashion magazines, religious texts, lighthearted novels and regular newspapers.
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Valorie Castellanos Clark, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
Nearly 50 years into an unwanted dictatorship, Iranians have developed a refined capacity for identifying bad faith.
—Shervin Malekzadeh, Mercury News, 26 June 2025
Set during Chile’s bloody dictatorship, Raúl, a quiet model-maker, finds comfort in the calm of his neighborhood.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 14 June 2025
The dictatorship entrenches itself by fomenting fear and anger on both sides.
—Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 10 June 2025
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Valorie Castellanos Clark, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
Nearly 50 years into an unwanted dictatorship, Iranians have developed a refined capacity for identifying bad faith.
—Shervin Malekzadeh, Mercury News, 26 June 2025
Set during Chile’s bloody dictatorship, Raúl, a quiet model-maker, finds comfort in the calm of his neighborhood.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 14 June 2025
The dictatorship entrenches itself by fomenting fear and anger on both sides.
—Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 10 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dictatorship
Noun
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Due process is one of the principles that is supposed to separate the United States from lands of tyranny.—
Scott Maxwell,
Sun Sentinel,
22 July 2025
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To serve humanity, aid must cease serving tyranny and terror.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 July 2025
Noun
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Like many other industrialized nations, Japan in the 1930s turned to fascism and the construction of autarkic economic empires as a solution to the instabilities engendered by capitalist modernity.—
Waiyee Loh,
JSTOR Daily,
2 July 2025
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Amid the coming-out balls, proposals and a whopper of a divorce scandal, a more insidious theme emerged: the rise of fascism in Europe, and two of the sisters’ infatuation with it.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
24 June 2025
Noun
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Simply put, America needs to remain a democracy and not become an autocracy.—
Norman Siegel,
New York Daily News,
20 July 2025
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The United States and Europe, puzzlingly, back Turkey's strongman, enabling the emergence of a new, full-fledged autocracy on Europe's periphery.—
Jesse Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 July 2025
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“Dictatorship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dictatorship. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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