dictatorship

• Herrschaftsform, bei der eine Einzelperson oder eine kleine Gruppe uneingeschränkte Macht ausübt, ohne Bindung an Verfassung, Gesetze oder politische Opposition.

A form of government in which a single person or a small group holds absolute power, unrestricted by a constitution, laws, or political opposition.

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   A form of government in which a single person or a small group holds absolute power, unrestricted by laws, a constitution, or political opposition.

   Diktatur

   • The country lived under a brutal dictatorship for decades.
   • A dictatorship often suppresses free speech and dissent.
   • The transition from a dictatorship to a democracy was difficult.

   Synonymeabsolutismautarchyauthoritarianismautocracydespotismmonocracyone-man ruletotalitarianismtyranny

   Antonymeconstitutionalismdemocracyrepublic