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

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1. dictatorshipnoun

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "dictatorship":

   dictator, tyranny, totalitarianism, authoritarianism

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1. Benigno Aquino on Friday:

   Uncertainty and the specter of a dictatorship are looming over our country once again.

2. Bukola Saraki:

   President Buhari has sent a dangerous signal to the entire world that Nigeria is no longer a democratic nation and that we have returned to the old, jaded era of military dictatorship.

3. Garry Kasparov:

   I see no chance for Russia now to move from Putin's brutal dictatorship into something that will be even (as) mild as we had 10 years ago.

4. Roberto Salinas Leon:

   First things first—the emperor has no clothes, and anyone concerned about the future of open societies and liberal democracy should denounce Ortega’s regime as a brutal dictatorship, more sanctions may lead to a ‘double-down’ show of a false sense of ‘national sovereignty.’.

5. President Trump:

   Finally, I want to deliver a message to the long-suffering people of Iran : The people of America stand with you, it has now been almost 40 years since this dictatorship seized power and took a proud nation hostage.Most of Iran’s 80 million citizens have sadly never known an Iran that prospered in peace with its neighbors and commanded the admiration of the world.