dictatorship : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: dictatorship	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for dictatorship
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dictatorship n a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) Synonym(s): dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dictatorship \Dicta"torship\, n. The office, or the term of office, of a dictator; hence, absolute power.