dictatorship | Definition of dictatorship

Synonyms and Antonyms of dictatorship

a system of government in which the ruler has unlimited power

a revolution that only ended up replacing one dictatorship with another

Synonyms of dictatorship

absolutism, autarchy, authoritarianism, autocracy, Caesarism, czarism (also tsarism), despotism, totalism, totalitarianism, tyranny

Words Related to dictatorship

monarchism, monarchy, monocracy

Big Brother, Big Brotherism, Communism, fascism, Nazism

domination, oppression

Near Antonyms of dictatorship

democracy, self-governance, self-government, self-rule

freedom, self-determination

autonomy, sovereignty (also sovranty)