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Synonyms for dictatorship
dɪkˈteɪ tərˌʃɪp, ˈdɪk teɪ-dic·ta·tor·ship
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Princeton's WordNet
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 Synonymes
dictatorshipnoun
Synonyms:
despotism, absolutism, tyranny, arbitrary power, absolute power, iron rule
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "dictatorship":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#19906 | tyranny | |
#21872 | dictator | |
#24512 | dictatorship | |
#50246 | totalitarianism | |
#61615 | despotism | |
#69826 | authoritarianism | |
#90320 | absolutism | |
#139262 | shogunate |
How to use dictatorship in a sentence?
The dictatorship killed that opportunity.
A people who extend civil liberties only to preferred groups start down the path either to dictatorship of the right or the left.
We had made a lot of progress in ending dictatorship-era impunity. I hope that we don't go backwards.
The revolution ... is a dictatorship of the exploited against the exploiters.
New York City should still use this opportunity to rename the street and thumb ournose at the North Korean dictatorship. Otto's life could matter even more as a strong sign against totalitarianism.
Translations for dictatorship
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- ديكتاتوريةArabic
- дыктатураBelarusian
- диктатураBulgarian
- diktatouriezhBreton
- dictaduraCatalan, Valencian
- diktaturaCzech
- diktaturDanish
- Diktatur, Gewaltherrschaft, WillkürherrschaftGerman
- δικτατορίαGreek
- dictaduraSpanish
- diktatuurEstonian
- دیکتاتوریPersian
- diktatuuriFinnish
- dictatureFrench
- ditaduraGalician
- דיקטטורהHebrew
- तानाशाहीHindi
- diktatúraHungarian
- դիկտատուրաArmenian
- kediktatoranIndonesian
- einræðiIcelandic
- dittaturaItalian
- 独裁政治, 独裁Japanese
- დიქტატურაGeorgian
- өктемдікKazakh
- ಸರ್ವಾಧಿಕಾರKannada
- 독재, 獨裁Korean
- dictaturaLatin
- диктатураMacedonian
- diktaturNorwegian
- dictatuurDutch
- diktaturNorwegian Nynorsk
- diktaturNorwegian
- dyktaturaPolish
- ditaduraPortuguese
- dictatură, guvernare dictatorialăRomanian
- диктатураRussian
- diktatura, диктатураSerbo-Croatian
- diktaturSwedish
- ระบอบเผด็จการThai
- diktatörlükTurkish
- диктатураUkrainian
- آمریت۔Urdu
- chế độ độc tàiVietnamese
- דיקטאַטאָרשיפּYiddish
- 专政Chinese
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