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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DICTATORSHIP, n.
1. The office of a dictator; the term of a dictators office.
2. Authority; imperiousness; dogmatism.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) [syn: dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1542 1. the office of dictator 2. autocratic rule, control, or leadership 3. a. a form of government in which absolute power is concentrated in a dictator or a small clique b. a government organization or group in which absolute power is so concentrated c. a despotic state

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a State ruled by a dictator. 2 a the position, rule, or period of rule of a dictator. b rule by a dictator. 3 absolute authority in any sphere.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Dictatorship Dic*ta"tor*ship, n. The office, or the term of office, of a dictator; hence, absolute power.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(dictatorships) 1. Dictatorship is government by a dictator. ...a new era of democracy after a long period of military dictatorship in the country. N-VAR 2. A dictatorship is a country which is ruled by a dictator or by a very strict and harsh government. Every country in the region was a military dictatorship. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Dictatorial office. 2. Term or tenure of absolute power. 3. Despotism, absolutism, arbitrary power, absolute power, iron rule.

Moby Thesaurus

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