dictatorship
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The contemporary Falangist movement in Spain explicitly borrows its name and iconography from Francisco Franco’s dictatorship.
From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026
Protests also erupted in the 1960s over the participation of Spain under dictator General Francisco Franco, and Portugal under the dictatorship of Antonio de Oliveira Salazar.
From Barron's • May 16, 2026
This explains why roughly 1,200 prisoners of conscience, including some 700 arrested for participating in islandwide protests against the dictatorship on July 11, 2021, remain behind bars.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
“I think most people don’t understand what it means to live under a dictatorship and such a government,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026
“The Byrd Machine is the most urbane and genteel dictatorship in America,” wrote journalist John Gunther in his 1947 bestselling book Inside USA.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
Vocabulary lists containing dictatorship
You Can Say That Again: Dic and Dict
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President Trump's First Address to the United Nations General Assembly (2017)
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