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Synonyms & Antonyms of dictatorship
a system of government in which the ruler has unlimited power
- a revolution that only ended up replacing one dictatorship with another
Synonyms for dictatorship
- absolutism,
- autarchy,
- authoritarianism,
- autocracy,
- Caesarism,
- czarism
- (also tsarism or tzarism),
- despotism,
- totalism,
- totalitarianism,
- tyranny
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“Dictatorship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dictatorship. Accessed 10 Aug. 2022.
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The first known use of dictatorship was in 1542
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