dictatorship
pronunciation
How to pronounce dictatorship in British English:
UK [ˌdɪkˈteɪtəʃɪp]
How to pronounce dictatorship in American English:
US [ˌdɪkˈteɪtərʃɪp]
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- Noun:
- a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
Word Origin
- dictatorship (n.)
- 1580s, from dictator + -ship.
Example
- 1. Dictatorship will often by optimal for very poor countries .
- 2. First comes democracy , then the dictatorship of the proletariat .
- 3. No one ever forced me to write anything political , even during the most ruthless years of the dictatorship .
- 4. Mr obama , in contrast , neither refers to china as a dictatorship nor promises that his new approach will lead to democracy .
- 5. South of the border , the nazi military dictatorship rounds up england 's jews , supported by local anti-semitic collaborators .