Definition of 'dictatorship'

Noun

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

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