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–noun

1.	a country, government, or the form of government in which absolute power is exercised by a dictator.

2.	absolute, imperious, or overbearing power or control.

3.	the office or position held by a dictator.

[Origin: 1580–90; dictator + -ship

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n.

The office or tenure of a dictator.
A state or government under dictatorial rule.
Absolute or despotic control or power.

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dictatorship
noun
a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

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dicˈtatorship1 noun

the authority of a dictator
Example: His dictatorship is threatened by the terrorists.

Arabic:	طُغْيان، دكتاتورِيَّه
Chinese (Simplified):	独裁
Chinese (Traditional):	獨裁
Czech:	diktatura
Danish:	diktatur
Dutch:	dictatuur
Estonian:	diktatuur
Finnish:	diktatuuri
French:	dictature
German:	die Diktatur
Greek:	η εξουσία του δικτάτορα
Hungarian:	parancsuralom, diktatúra
Icelandic:	einræði
Indonesian:	kediktatoran
Italian:	dittatura

Japanese:	独裁
Korean:	독재 권력
Latvian:	diktatūra
Lithuanian:	diktatūra
Norwegian:	diktatur
Polish:	dyktatura
Portuguese (Brazil):	ditadura
Portuguese (Portugal):	ditadura
Romanian:	dictatură
Russian:	диктатура
Slovak:	diktatúra
Slovenian:	diktatura
Spanish:	dictadura
Swedish:	diktatur
Turkish:	diktatörlük

dicˈtatorship2 noun

a state ruled by a dictator
Example: That country is a dictatorship now.

Arabic:	دَوْلَه دِكْتاتورِيَّه
Chinese (Simplified):	专政
Chinese (Traditional):	專政
Czech:	diktatura
Danish:	diktatur
Dutch:	dictatuur
Estonian:	diktatuur
Finnish:	diktatuuri
French:	dictature
German:	die Diktatur
Greek:	δικτατορία
Hungarian:	diktatúra
Icelandic:	einræðisríki
Indonesian:	kediktatoran
Italian:	dittatura

Japanese:	独裁政治
Korean:	독재 정권, 독재 국가
Latvian:	diktatora pārvaldīta valsts
Lithuanian:	diktatoriaus valdoma valstybė
Norwegian:	diktatur
Polish:	dyktatura
Portuguese (Brazil):	ditadura
Portuguese (Portugal):	ditadura
Romanian:	dictatură
Russian:	диктатура
Slovak:	diktatúra
Slovenian:	diktatura
Spanish:	dictadura
Swedish:	diktatur
Turkish:	dikta rejimi, diktatörlük