独裁制(どくさいせい)

どくさいせい
noun
dictatorship; autocracy
1. dictatorship; autocracy; authoritarian rule
A form of government in which power is concentrated in a single individual or a small group, without meaningful democratic checks. Decisions are made unilaterally without the consent of the governed.
その国(くに)は独裁制(どくさいせい)だ。
That country is a dictatorship.
独裁制(どくさいせい)のもとでは言論(げんろん)の自由(じゆう)がない。
Under a dictatorship, there is no freedom of speech.
市民(しみん)の抗議(こうぎ)によって独裁制(どくさいせい)が崩壊(ほうかい)した。
The dictatorship collapsed due to citizen protests.

Composed of 独裁(どくさい) (dictatorship, autocracy) + 制(せい) (system). Carries a strongly negative connotation in modern Japanese usage, implying oppressive and undemocratic governance.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 独裁制(どくさいせい)を敷(し)く: to impose a dictatorship
  • 独裁制(どくさいせい)が崩壊(ほうかい)する: for a dictatorship to collapse
  • 軍事(ぐんじ)独裁制(どくさいせい): military dictatorship
  • 独裁制(どくさいせい)から民主化(みんしゅか): democratization from dictatorship

RELATED TERMS:

  • 独裁者(どくさいしゃ): dictator
  • 君主制(くんしゅせい): monarchy
  • 民主制(みんしゅせい): democracy (contrasting system)
  • 全体主義(ぜんたいしゅぎ): totalitarianism
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