Autocratic vs. Dictatorship

Autocraticadjective

Of or pertaining to autocracy or to an autocrat; absolute; holding independent and arbitrary powers of government.

Autocraticadjective

Of or pertaining to the manner of an autocrat.

Autocraticadjective

Of or pertaining to autocracy or to an autocrat; absolute; holding independent and arbitrary powers of government.

Autocraticadjective

of the nature of or relating to an autocrat;

Autocraticadjective

relating to or of the nature of or having characteristics of an autocracy;

Autocraticadjective

offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power;

Autocraticadjective

characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty;

Dictatorshipnoun

A type of government where absolute sovereignty is allotted to an individual or a small clique.

Dictatorshipnoun

A government which exercises autocratic rule.

Dictatorshipnoun

Any household, institution, or other organization that is run under such sovereignty or autocracy.

Dictatorshipnoun

The office, or the term of office, of a dictator; hence, absolute power.

Dictatorshipnoun

a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

Dictatorship

A dictatorship is a form of government characterized by a single leader or group of leaders and little or no toleration for political pluralism or independent media. According to other definitions, democracies are a form of government in which therefore, dictatorships are .With the advent of the 19th and 20th centuries, dictatorships and constitutional democracies emerged as the world's two major forms of government, gradually eliminating monarchies with significant political power, the most widespread form of government in the pre-industrial era.