1. 独裁制：1970年代后期,若干南欧国家抛弃了行之多年的独裁制(dictatorship),接纳了自由民主政体. 而在1980年代早期,大部分拉美国家都建成了立宪民主政府,弃绝了长期以来的军治(military rule)和独裁倾向. 随着20世纪80年代的结束和90年代的开始,

1. 独裁政府;独裁统治;专政
    Dictatorship is government by a dictator.

    e.g. ...a new era of democracy after a long period of military dictatorship in the country.
           该国长期军事独裁后迎来的一个新的民主时代
    e.g. ...countries which are ruled by dictatorships.
           由独裁政府统治的国家

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

    e.g. Every country in the region was a military dictatorship.
           该地区的所有国家都是军事独裁国家。

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

    Synonym: absolutismauthoritarianismCaesarismdespotismmonocracyone-man ruleshogunateStalinismtotalitarianismtyranny