dictatorships
- plural of dictatorship.
Example Sentences
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But at the same time, even under the cruelest dictatorships, it has still managed to produce fine literature.
From Barron's ● May 21, 2026
The Eritrean leader has ruled his country since it first gained independence from Ethiopia in 1993, and has since consolidated power to create one of the world’s most repressive dictatorships.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
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 ● Feb. 22, 2026
The lifestyle doublespeak people used to survive under successive dictatorships in Eastern Europe came a little more easily to Poles, who had practiced it before.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2025
Consider: The United States has been instrumental in the overthrow of truly genocidal dictatorships.
From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson
