dictatorship

1. N-VAR Dictatorship is government by a dictator. 專政

...a new era of democracy after a long period of military dictatorship in the country. …該國長期軍事獨裁統治結束後到來的民主新紀元。

2. N-COUNT A dictatorship is a country which is ruled by a dictator or by a very strict and harsh government. 獨裁國家

Every country in the region was a military dictatorship. 這個地區的每個國家都是軍事獨裁國。