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an order publicly issued by an authority
- a democratic government has to be something wanted by that nation's citizens and not something created by a foreign power's diktat
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“Diktat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diktat. Accessed 26 Sep. 2022.
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The first known use of diktat was in 1933
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