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Dictatorship

(Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary 10th Edition)

1 : The office of dictator. 2 : Autocratic rule, control, or leadership. 3 a : A form of government in which absolute power is concentrated in a dictator or a small clique. b : a government organization or group in which absolute power is so concentrated. c : a despotic state.
The country suffered for many years under his dictatorship.
Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin were dictators.
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Dictatorship of the Proletariat

The necessary transitionary stage between capitalism and communism in Marxist theory. A state controlled and wielded by the proletariat used to dismantle bourgeois control. Not to be confused with a normal dictatorship.
The USSR was an example of an attempted Dictatorship of the Proletariat.
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Fascist Dictator Dollar

The form of currency on Fascist Dictatorship Island, in which one Fascist Dictator Dollar equals one million American dollars.
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Fantasy Football Dictator

A person, who is the commissioner of a fantasy football league and uses his power to make unfair trades with another team owner, typically an old friend, who is out of contention. This is sometime done in exchange for money or favors.
The Fantasy Football Dictator of a league made a trade with one of his old fraternity brothers to get Adrian Peterson in exchange for a couple of scrubs he got off waivers.
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democratic dictatorship

A form of government where the candidate is elected by popular vote but rarely or never actually enacts any policies that reflect the actual wishes of the constituency. The elected representative can either use subtle diplomacy to deflect criticsm, arrange for various forms of distraction to divert public attention, or be brazen in publicly declaring that policy will be different to popular opinion. Coined by Tim Francis in 2005.
The United States Federal Goverment's track record in regards to foreign policy and engaging military conflict could lead one to the conclusion that it has evolved into a democratic dictatorship. The same could be said for both the Federal Australian and UK governments to some extent, particularly in relation to Iraq and the Kyoto Agreement.
by Tim Francis May 25, 2007
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The Libyan Dictator

When a man is having sex with a woman from behind and he accidentally slips out of her vagina and stabs her in the asshole with his penis. He then yells, "GADDAFI!"
I totally gave Lindsay "The Libyan Dictator" last night. There was less bloodshed in the video I made.
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dictatorship

n.
1. The office or tenure of a dictator.
2. A state or government under dictatorial rule.
3. Absolute or despotic control or power.
Iraq was once under the control of the dictator Saddam Hussein.
Germany was once under the control of the dictator Adolf Hitler.
by Christopher J. Bradley May 10, 2003
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