
Dictatorship
Power and Abuse
Dictatorship often implies abuse of power and violation of rights.

Under the dictatorship, free speech was a distant memory.
Negative Connotation
'Dictatorship' usually has a negative emotional impact and suggests oppression.

His method of running the organization was criticized as a dictatorship.
Not Democratic
A dictatorship is the opposite of a democracy, with no public election or input.

In the dictatorship, decisions were made without the consent of the governed.
Compare with
AutocracyDespotismOppressionTotalitarianismTyranny
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