dictatorship

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

...a new era of democracy after a long period of military dictatorship in the country. …该国长期军事独裁统治结束后到来的民主新纪元。

2. N-COUNT A dictatorship is a country which is ruled by a dictator or by a very strict and harsh government. 独裁国家

Every country in the region was a military dictatorship. 这个地区的每个国家都是军事独裁国。