dictatorial rule

collocation in English

meaningsofdictatorialandrule

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dictatorial
adjective
uk
/ˌdɪk.təˈtɔː.ri.əl/us
/ˌdɪk.təˈtɔːr.i.əl/
liking to ...
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rule
noun
uk
/ruːl/us
/ruːl/
an accepted principle or instruction that states the way things are or should be done, and tells you what you are allowed or are not allowed ...
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(Definition ofdictatorialandrulefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Both of these countries had nominal elections for many years duringdictatorialrule.
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A scholar-activist, he demonstrated a consistent opposition todictatorialruleand military regimes that earned him stints in prison.
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They were the first set of elections after years ofdictatorialrule.
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Stalinist states are non-capitalist states with one-party, authoritariandictatorialrule.
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The song incited the population to revolt againstdictatorialrule, seeking for freedom and independence.
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He was again arrested in 2005 for his international campaign against the thendictatorialruleand for people's democracy in the country.
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Pern and his administration resorted to organized violence anddictatorialrule.
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After that year a period of conservative and/ordictatorialrulestarts.
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I refer not to dictatorial rules but to useful yardsticks against which children and adults can compare and measure children's behaviour.
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Other countries cannot understand how a nation like ours—highly sophisticated in law and highly inventive in machinery and manufacturing—can sit down under not monopoly rules but dictatorial rules.
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