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Synonyms for dictatorship
dɪkˈteɪ tərˌʃɪp, ˈdɪk teɪ-dic·ta·tor·ship
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Princeton's WordNet
dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyrannynoun
a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
Synonyms:
shogunate, totalism, authoritarianism, one-man rule, tyranny, absolutism, despotism, monocracy, totalitarianism
Dictionary of English Synonymes
dictatorshipnoun
Synonyms:
despotism, absolutism, tyranny, arbitrary power, absolute power, iron rule
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "dictatorship":
Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #19906 | tyranny | |
| #21872 | dictator | |
| #24512 | dictatorship | |
| #50246 | totalitarianism | |
| #61615 | despotism | |
| #69826 | authoritarianism | |
| #90320 | absolutism | |
| #139262 | shogunate |
How to use dictatorship in a sentence?
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I’m in jail for my political views; for speaking out against the war in Ukraine, for many years of struggle against Putin’s dictatorship, for facilitating the adoption of personal international sanctions under the Magnitsky Act against human rights violators. Not only do I not repent of any of this, I am proud of it.
When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship.
With every report that Dr. Shaheed releases, it becomes more and more evident how systematic human rights violations are structured under the Iranian dictatorship, the world community with leadership by the Obama administration has thrown human rights under the Persian rug -- literally. Democracy promotion has been sacrificed for the sake of talking endlessly to those who oppress Iranians terribly.
It is the old Pinochet dictatorship and International Monetary Fund. The people have the right to seek an alternative.
Venezuela is really a dictatorship, we have a facade of democracy.
Translations for dictatorship
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- ديكتاتوريةArabic
- дыктатураBelarusian
- диктатураBulgarian
- diktatouriezhBreton
- dictaduraCatalan, Valencian
- diktaturaCzech
- diktaturDanish
- Diktatur, Gewaltherrschaft, WillkürherrschaftGerman
- δικτατορίαGreek
- dictaduraSpanish
- diktatuurEstonian
- دیکتاتوریPersian
- diktatuuriFinnish
- dictatureFrench
- ditaduraGalician
- דיקטטורהHebrew
- तानाशाहीHindi
- diktatúraHungarian
- դիկտատուրաArmenian
- kediktatoranIndonesian
- einræðiIcelandic
- dittaturaItalian
- 独裁政治, 独裁Japanese
- დიქტატურაGeorgian
- өктемдікKazakh
- ಸರ್ವಾಧಿಕಾರKannada
- 독재, 獨裁Korean
- dictaturaLatin
- диктатураMacedonian
- diktaturNorwegian
- dictatuurDutch
- diktaturNorwegian Nynorsk
- diktaturNorwegian
- dyktaturaPolish
- ditaduraPortuguese
- dictatură, guvernare dictatorialăRomanian
- диктатураRussian
- diktatura, диктатураSerbo-Croatian
- diktaturSwedish
- ระบอบเผด็จการThai
- diktatörlükTurkish
- диктатураUkrainian
- آمریت۔Urdu
- chế độ độc tàiVietnamese
- דיקטאַטאָרשיפּYiddish
- 专政Chinese
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