Dictatorship Synonyms and Antonyms

dĭk-tātər-shĭp, dĭktā-
A government in which a single leader or party exercises absolute control over all citizens and every aspect of their lives
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. absolutism
  2. autarchy
  3. autocracy
  4. despotism
  5. monocracy
  6. tyranny
Absolute power, especially when exercised unjustly or cruelly
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. despotism
  2. autocracy
  3. totalitarianism
  4. tyranny
  5. unlimited rule
  6. absolutism
  7. authoritarianism
  8. caesarism
  9. coercion
  10. monocracy
  11. one-man rule
  12. stalinism
  13. shogunate
A political doctrine advocating the principle of absolute rule
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. absolutism
  2. authoritarianism
  3. autocracy
  4. despotism
  5. totalitarianism
Antonyms:
  1. democracy

Words Related to Dictatorship

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Dictatorship Sentence Examples

  • This dictatorship of Rosas continued until 1852.

  • The three volumes ended with the dictatorship of Caesar.

  • Sulla's dictatorship was the form taken by a provisional government.

  • But towards the close of Lerdo de Tejada's term he was suspected of aiming at a dictatorship, and Diaz, whom he had proscribed, made preparations for a rising, then retiring to Texas.

  • He wrote twenty-three books on the period between the Social War and the dictatorship of Sulla.

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