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dictatorship noun
/dɪkˈteɪ.tə.ʃɪp/
/-t ̬ɚ-/ n Definition
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[C] a country ruled by a dictator a military dictatorship
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[U] the state of being, or being ruled by, a dictator The dictatorship of General Franco lasted for nearly 40 years.
(Definition of dictatorship noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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