dictatorship

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

From dictator + -ship.

Julius Caesar, in his third dictatorship, A.U.C. — The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete, Suetonius
You talk about a dictatorship," commented Scott on the side. — Terminal Compromise, Winn Schwartau
What does he think this is, a Fourth Level dictatorship?" — Time Crime, H. Beam Piper

absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny

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