dictatorship
A dictatorship is a form of government in which an individual or a small group of people hold absolute power and control over a country, often suppressing opposition, limiting freedom and rights, and making decisions without the consent of the governed.
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Related Concepts (25)
- authoritarianism
- autocracy
- censorship
- centralized authority
- communist state
- concentration camps
- cult of personality
- dictator
- domination
- fascism
- government
- human rights abuses
- martial law
- oligarchy
- one-party rule
- oppression
- police state
- political implications
- political persecution
- propaganda
- rhetorical despotism
- state control
- suppression
- totalitarianism
- tyranny