dictatorship
Example Sentences
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There's a reason this protest streak runs so hot in South Korea, which only became a democracy in the late 1980s and is well-acquainted with political interference, dictatorships and military overreach.
From BBC
According to 1996 reporting by The Times, “Siembra” delivered pulsating salsa rhythms that “carried messages of freedom at a time when most of Latin America was oppressed by military dictatorships.”
From Los Angeles Times
At the end of Saddam’s brutal dictatorship, Iraq had about 1.5 million Christians.
Ms. Rodríguez doesn’t have an entirely free hand in the dictatorship.
Chilean President Gabriel Boric, a leftist who has called Cuba a dictatorship, said his government would also provide aid to Cuba through Unicef.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
