dictatorship Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
    tyranny; absolutism; monocracy; Stalinism; shogunate; authoritarianism; despotism; one-man rule; Caesarism; totalitarianism.

WordNet


Dic*ta"tor*ship noun
Definitions
  1. The office, or the term of office, of a dictator; hence, absolute power.

Webster 1913