dictatorship
Example Sentences
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The path from dictatorship to democracy is fraught, but with the illusion broken and the people empowered, freedom is finally within reach.
For several years, along with her bitter political rival Sheikh Hasina, she fought for democracy and against military dictatorship, enduring arrests.
From BBC
Spain this year marked 50 years since the death of General Francisco Franco, which ended his brutal 36-year dictatorship and initiated a complex path towards restoring democracy.
From Barron's
Jennifer, you play the title role in “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” a story set in Argentina during a military dictatorship.
From Los Angeles Times
It marks the biggest shift to the right since the end of Chile's military dictatorship in 1990.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
