as in tyranny
a system of government in which the ruler has unlimited power
a revolution that only ended up replacing one dictatorship with another
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Recent Examples of dictatorship
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has been named one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people of 2025, recognizing her steadfast leadership in the fight to free Venezuela from what many consider a violent and corrupt dictatorship.
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Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2025
Vargas Llosa traces an answer to the corruption of Manuel A. Odría dictatorship and the mediocrity of Perú ruling elite.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 14 Apr. 2025
The oligarchs in Hungary and Russia support the dictatorship with their monetary gains in return for being allowed to remain billionaires.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2025
The biographical drama is inspired by the lives of Brazilian activist Eunice Paiva and her politician husband Rubens, who was murdered for his dissidence toward the military dictatorship of 1970s Brazil.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2025
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Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2025
Vargas Llosa traces an answer to the corruption of Manuel A. Odría dictatorship and the mediocrity of Perú ruling elite.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 14 Apr. 2025
The oligarchs in Hungary and Russia support the dictatorship with their monetary gains in return for being allowed to remain billionaires.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2025
The biographical drama is inspired by the lives of Brazilian activist Eunice Paiva and her politician husband Rubens, who was murdered for his dissidence toward the military dictatorship of 1970s Brazil.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dictatorship
Noun
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Every other protection against tyranny and political oppression — that is, every aspect of a stable democratic system — suffers a possibly mortal blow if the basic tenets of an independent judiciary and the adversarial advocacy of lawyers are abandoned or lost.—
Michael Mcauliffe,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Apr. 2025
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Separated by 250 years, these two actions both supposedly raise the question: Just how much tyranny ...—
Rich Lowry,
National Review,
25 Mar. 2025
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No one wants to have their family vacation turned into some Kafkaesque nightmare at the hands of ICE agents emboldened by the country's general climate of incipient fascism.—
Matt Robison,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Apr. 2025
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With the show telling a cautionary tale about the perils of ignorance in the face of fascism, Peck cannot help but draw a direct parallel to our current political situation.—
Stephen Daw,
Billboard,
15 Apr. 2025
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Three decades later, Azerbaijan—now an oil-rich autocracy with a powerful army—struck back.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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The arrest and recent imprisonment of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu sent shockwaves through Turkey, marking a decisive shift toward full autocracy.—
Bilal Bilici,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Dictatorship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dictatorship. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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