dictatorship

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Under the committee of public safety, the dictatorship was his fixed system, and under the directory, legal government.

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  1. noun The office or tenure of a dictator.
  2. noun A state or government under dictatorial rule.
  3. noun Absolute or despotic control or power.

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  • AGAIN! video / x5lmje_newt-gingrich-bush-should-allow-rem_news Gingrich warning us about the evils of a dictatorship is a little like Hugh Hefner warning us about the evils of extramarital sex. —  Think Progress
  • Gingrich warning us about the evils of a dictatorship is a little like Hugh Hefner warning us about the evils of extramarital sex. —  Think Progress
  • If it is a dictatorship, the people are only responsible to the degree that they try and resist it. —  The Redhunter
  • Take high commodity prices away and you find … well, Russia today: limited property rights, corruption, bribery, semi-dictatorship, and government control of the press. —  SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
  • "I never experienced Hitler's dictatorship, but according to documents of that time, its dictatorship was not as total" as North Korea's. —  english.chosun.com : Total
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/dɪkˈteɪtərʃɪp/
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