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DICTATORSHIP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
Synonyms:
absolutism; authoritarianism; Caesarism; despotism; dictatorship; monocracy; one-man rule; shogunate; Stalinism; totalitarianism; tyranny
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("dictatorship" is a kind of...):
autarchy; autocracy (a political system governed by a single individual)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dictatorship"):
police state (a country that maintains repressive control over the people by means of police (especially secret police))
Derivation:
dictator (a ruler who is unconstrained by law)
