dictatorship
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As for the nominal head of the dictatorship, Gabrielle Weiniger and David Charter report for The Times of London:
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 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
In almost every movie about life under a dictatorship, there is a scene where the security services order someone to “show me your papers.”
From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026
Reid added that she was a social democrat who believed in "freedom of expression, free trade unions and free elections" and was not any sort of "admirer or apologist for the Chinese Communist party's dictatorship".
From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026
They apply to the organization of entire countries: remember the perennial arguments about whether the best form of government is a benign dictatorship, a federal system, or an anarchical free-for-all.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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