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
In 1970s Brazil, democracy is devolving into a dictatorship.
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Amy Nicholson, Twin Cities, 1 Mar. 2025
This gothic horror novel is set, in part, during the Argentine military dictatorship of the 1960s and moves back and forth in time and place.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2025
It was billed as the first step in establishing a representative government as Syria emerged from decades of a brutal, one-family dictatorship.
—Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
The chat group is like a virtual version of Argentina's Plaza de Mayo, where mothers whose sons had disappeared by the Videla dictatorship demonstrated for years.
—Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, NPR, 20 Feb. 2025
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Amy Nicholson, Twin Cities, 1 Mar. 2025
This gothic horror novel is set, in part, during the Argentine military dictatorship of the 1960s and moves back and forth in time and place.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2025
It was billed as the first step in establishing a representative government as Syria emerged from decades of a brutal, one-family dictatorship.
—Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
The chat group is like a virtual version of Argentina's Plaza de Mayo, where mothers whose sons had disappeared by the Videla dictatorship demonstrated for years.
—Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, NPR, 20 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dictatorship
Noun
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What happened in Anaheim a century ago shows how to combat tyranny and white supremacy — and also that the work is never really done.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2025
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The monster was the liberation from the tyranny of image.—
E. Alex Jung,
Vulture,
18 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Here’s a Brazilian film about fighting fascism at home with big and small acts of resistance.—
Cristina Escobar,
refinery29.com,
3 Mar. 2025
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From fraught talk of cultural fascism to economic critiques of the entertainment industry, honorees and their peers predicted an uncertain but fiery future for filmmakers, cast, and crew.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
24 Feb. 2025
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Trump could also falter because a world of ambitious, colluding autocracies is difficult even for the most skillful superpower to handle.—
HAL BRANDS,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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Following it all is independent journalist and Nobel Prize-winner Maria Ressa, with an eye toward the specter of increasing autocracy.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Dictatorship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dictatorship. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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