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 a grimy torture complex of a Buenos Aires prison as military dictatorship rages in the outside world, Luis is locked up for public indecency, while Valentin is behind bars for his participation in a leftist revolutionary group trying to topple the government.
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2025
When Johnson Sirleaf came to power, in 2006, Liberia had been wracked by more than a decade of civil war, a military dictatorship, and chronic poverty.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2025
If allowed to proceed, Trump's purge of our federal law enforcement workforce will expose America to authoritarianism and dictatorship.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025
Jawad volunteers at his local resistance committee against the military dictatorship.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 31 Jan. 2025
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2025
When Johnson Sirleaf came to power, in 2006, Liberia had been wracked by more than a decade of civil war, a military dictatorship, and chronic poverty.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2025
If allowed to proceed, Trump's purge of our federal law enforcement workforce will expose America to authoritarianism and dictatorship.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025
Jawad volunteers at his local resistance committee against the military dictatorship.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 31 Jan. 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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Democrats like to hurl around the charge of fascism at Republicans.—
Walter E Block,
Orange County Register,
13 Feb. 2025
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Who’s to say that a serious-minded semi-Marxist critique of economic desperation and the rise of fascism in the Star Wars universe is somehow harder than transplanting the 1980s Amblin sensibility to the same universe?—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
29 Jan. 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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Iranians want a full-fledged democracy, not an autocracy.—
Akbar Ganji,
Foreign Affairs,
13 Feb. 2025
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“Dictatorship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dictatorship. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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