The country suffered for many years under his dictatorship. His enemies accused him of establishing a dictatorship.
Recent Examples on the WebSpain had exploded into a civil war that split opinion internationally and seemed bound to result in dictatorship by left or right. John Garth, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Sep. 2022 Putin defies the argument that doing business in a dictatorship is efficient. Alexandra Wrage, Forbes, 5 May 2022 Still, the level of freedom has remained much higher in Hungary than in a classic dictatorship. Zsuzsanna Szelényi, The New Republic, 5 Apr. 2022 Fearful of transparency and change, Yale’s governing body has resorted to procedural tactics to keep alumni from joining that wouldn’t be out of place in a dictatorship. Victor Ashe, National Review, 28 May 2021 But to keep secret a policy agreement made with an oppressive foreign dictatorship is outrageous. James Freeman, WSJ, 29 Aug. 2022 The film, which examines the effects of Indonesia’s military dictatorship on the country’s youth, follows a young man torn between loyalty and justice who confronts the truth of his father figure — a retired general — that may destroy them both. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Aug. 2022 Or in the case of this shovel-as-rifle business, the topic is the oddness of life in Belarus, a dictatorship a mere 150 miles to the north.New York Times, 1 July 2022 Margaret Atwood exemplified dystopia with her 1985 book, The Handmaid’s Tale, in which a theocratic dictatorship bars women from reading, writing, or controlling their own reproduction. Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 1 July 2022 See More