Noun: dictatorship dik'tey-tu(r),ship
- A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution, laws or opposition etc.)
"The country suffered under a brutal dictatorship for decades";
- absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny
Derived forms: dictatorships
Encyclopedia: Dictatorship