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dictatorships

dictatorships is the plural of dictatorship.

Meaning of dictatorship

Noun

dictatorship (plural dictatorships)

  1. A type of government where absolute sovereignty is allotted to an individual or a small clique.
  2. A government which exercises autocratic rule.
    • There were no elections during Franco's dictatorship.
  3. Any household, institution, or other organization that is run under such sovereignty or autocracy.
  4. (broadly) Total authority, control, or domination.
    • It has had a deplorable effect in furnishing pretexts for the stifling of all independent philosophical thought and in establishing the party's dictatorship over science and culture in every sphere.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in...

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Questions about dictatorships

What is dictatorships the plural of?
Dictatorships is the plural of dictatorship.

Words near dictatorships in the dictionary

  1. dictatorship
  2. dictatorship of democracy
  3. dictatorship of the bourgeoisie
  4. dictatorship of the majority
  5. dictatorship of the proletariat
  6. dictatorships
  7. dictatorships of democracy
  8. dictatorships of the majority
  9. dictatorships of the proletariat
  10. dictatory
  11. dictatour

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