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dictatorship

[dik-tey-ter-ship, dik-tey-] / dɪkˈteɪ tərˌʃɪp, ˈdɪk teɪ- /


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They were found reading the book, From Dictatorship to Democracy: A Conceptual Framework for Liberation, by American writer Gene Sharp in 2015.

From BBC • Jul. 8, 2022

Dictatorship, however, starts to look a lot less attractive if it continues for any length of time.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 20, 2022

The demonstrations, the indictment says, were inspired by the worldwide “Occupy” protests and Arab uprisings starting in 2011 and a book by Boston-based academic Gene Sharp called ‘From Dictatorship to Democracy’.

From Reuters • Mar. 19, 2019

Dictatorship is probably the oldest, and it is certainly the most common, form of government known to history.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2016

The Neighborhood Dictatorship Group and the Black Categories were all we could think of.

From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang




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