dictatorship
/dɪkˈteɪtəʃɪp/noun
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तानाशाही, अधिनायकतंत्र
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Asked in previous papers
as one-word substitution
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government by a dictator; a country ruled by a dictator
तानाशाही, अधिनायकतंत्र
- The country suffered under a military dictatorship for twenty years.
- Many citizens risked their lives to speak out against the dictatorship in their country.
- The country was ruled by a dictatorship for many years.
+ 2 more examples
- Students studied how the dictatorship came to an end.
- Life under a dictatorship meant no freedom of speech.
Synonyms autocracy tyranny despotism totalitarianism authoritarianism
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
a dictatorship / the dictatorship of + sb
Use a for a type of government and the plus of when naming the ruler or the group in power.
सरकार के प्रकार के लिए 'a' और शासक या सत्ताधारी समूह का नाम बताने के लिए 'the ... of' का प्रयोग होता है।
- A dictatorship does not allow free elections.
- The dictatorship of the military lasted ten years.
under a dictatorship
Use under to say that people live and are governed by such a system.
यह बताने के लिए कि लोग ऐसी व्यवस्था के अधीन रहते और शासित होते हैं, 'under' का प्रयोग होता है।
- People lived in fear under the dictatorship.
dictatorship + of + noun (the dictatorship of the proletariat)
In political writing, of can name the class or group that holds absolute power.
राजनीतिक लेखन में of उस वर्ग या समूह को दर्शाता है जिसके पास पूर्ण सत्ता है।
- Some thinkers argued for the dictatorship of one party.
dictatorship vs dictator (person) vs dictatorial (adjective)
The person is a dictator, the system is dictatorship, and bossy or absolute behaviour is dictatorial.
व्यक्ति 'dictator' है, व्यवस्था 'dictatorship' है और हुक्म चलाने वाला व्यवहार 'dictatorial' है।
- His dictatorial manner made the team unhappy.
+Collocations 4
adjective + dictatorship
militarybrutalone-partyharshpersonal
- The country was ruled by a brutal military dictatorship.
verb + dictatorship
overthrowendresistestablishlive under
- The people rose together to overthrow the dictatorship.
dictatorship + noun
regimeruleperiodstate
- Many writers were jailed during the dictatorship period.
dictatorship vs
democracymonarchyrepublicfreedom
- A dictatorship is the opposite of a democracy.
“More examples 5
- The press was not free during the years of dictatorship.
तानाशाही के वर्षों में प्रेस स्वतंत्र नहीं था।
- Radhika wrote an essay on why democracy is better than dictatorship.
राधिका ने इस विषय पर निबंध लिखा कि लोकतंत्र तानाशाही से बेहतर क्यों है।
- The army seized power and set up a dictatorship overnight.
सेना ने सत्ता हथिया ली और रातोंरात तानाशाही स्थापित कर दी।
- India's freedom struggle was against foreign rule, not a local dictatorship.
भारत का स्वतंत्रता संग्राम विदेशी शासन के विरुद्ध था, किसी स्थानीय तानाशाही के विरुद्ध नहीं।
- The dictatorship collapsed after months of public protest.
महीनों के जन-आंदोलन के बाद तानाशाही का पतन हो गया।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ In dictatorship, people have no freedom of speech.
✓ In a dictatorship, people have no freedom of speech.
Dictatorship is countable when it means a type of government, so it needs an article.
जब 'dictatorship' सरकार के एक प्रकार का अर्थ दे, तब यह countable होता है और इसे article चाहिए।
✗ The country became a dictator after the coup.
✓ The country became a dictatorship after the coup.
A dictator is a person; a country becomes a dictatorship.
Dictator व्यक्ति होता है; देश 'dictatorship' बनता है।
✗ Dictatorship is opposite to democracy.
✓ Dictatorship is the opposite of democracy.
As a noun, opposite takes the and of; opposite to is used only as an adjective phrase.
Noun के रूप में 'opposite' के साथ 'the' और 'of' आता है, 'opposite to' नहीं।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
Dictatorship, tyranny and autocracy all describe rule by one person, but they stress different things.
Dictatorship, tyranny और autocracy तीनों एक व्यक्ति के शासन को दर्शाते हैं, पर अलग-अलग पहलू पर बल देते हैं।
A government where one person or group holds total power, usually taken by force.
ऐसी सरकार जिसमें एक व्यक्ति या समूह के पास पूरी सत्ता हो, प्रायः बल से प्राप्त।
- The dictatorship banned all political parties.
Cruel and unfair use of power over people, in any kind of government.
किसी भी प्रकार की सरकार में लोगों पर शक्ति का क्रूर और अन्यायपूर्ण प्रयोग।
- The villagers suffered the tyranny of the landlord.
A formal term for rule by one person with unlimited power, not stressing cruelty.
असीमित सत्ता वाले एक व्यक्ति के शासन के लिए औपचारिक शब्द; क्रूरता पर बल नहीं।
- Political scientists classify the old empire as an autocracy.
◇Word family
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
dic·ta·tor·ship
With -tor- (not 'dictatership').
बीच में -tor- ('dictatership' गलत है)।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
Government by a single person with absolute power is dictatorship or autocracy; by the army a military junta; by the people democracy.
पूर्ण शक्ति वाले एक व्यक्ति का शासन dictatorship या autocracy; सेना का military junta; जनता का democracy।
General knowledge
Hitler in Germany and Mussolini in Italy ran dictatorships before the Second World War.
द्वितीय विश्वयुद्ध से पहले जर्मनी में हिटलर और इटली में मुसोलिनी की तानाशाही थी।