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Synonyms for dictatorship
dɪkˈteɪ tərˌʃɪp, ˈdɪk teɪ-dic·ta·tor·ship

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  1. 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 Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. dictatorshipnoun

    Synonyms:
    despotism, absolutism, tyranny, arbitrary power, absolute power, iron rule

PPDB, the paraphrase database4.0 / 1 vote

  1. List of paraphrases for "dictatorship":

    dictator, tyranny, totalitarianism, authoritarianism

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#19906tyranny
#21872dictator
#24512dictatorship
#50246totalitarianism
#61615despotism
#69826authoritarianism
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How to use dictatorship in a sentence?

  1. Lyndon B. Johnson:

    As it was 189 years ago, so today the cause of America is a revolutionary cause. And I am proud this morning to salute you as fellow revolutionaries. Neither you nor I are willing to accept the tyranny of poverty, nor the dictatorship of ignorance, nor the despotism of ill health, nor the oppression of bias and prejudice and bigotry. We want change. We want progress. We want it both abroad and at homeand we aim to get it.

  2. Ayo Johnson:

    Many Nigerians will not forget (Buhari) was a military leader, during a dictatorship, or maybe they will feel that they need a military leader to address fundamental problems such as terrorism.

  3. Ulf Bjereld:

    It would be seen as Sweden rolling over for the Saudi dictatorship.

  4. Lew Rockwell:

    Anything other than free enterprise always means a society of compulsion and lower living standards, and any form of socialism strictly enforced means dictatorship and the total state. That this statement is still widely disputed only illustrates the degree to which malignant fantasy can capture the imagination of intellectuals.

  5. Adam Eidinger:

    When the federal government acts like a dictatorship, what do you expect us to do, we have to go protest in the streets.


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