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Empire vs Dictatorship - What's the difference?

empire | dictatorship |

As nouns the difference between empire and dictatorship

is that empire is a political unit having an extensive territory or comprising a number of territories or nations and ruled by a single supreme authority while dictatorship is a type of government where absolute sovereignty is allotted to an individual or a small clique.

empire

English

(wikipedia empire)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A political unit having an extensive territory or comprising a number of territories or nations and ruled by a single supreme authority.
  • A group of states or other territories that owe allegiance to a foreign power.
  • A state ruled by an emperor.
  • An expansive and wealthy corporation.
    • the McDonald's fast food empire

    Related terms

    * emperor * imperial * imperium

    Derived terms

    * American Empire * British Empire * First French Empire * German Empire * Holy Roman Empire * Portuguese Empire * Roman Empire * Second French Empire * Spanish Empire * empirehood * global empire * colonial empire

    External links

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    Anagrams

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    dictatorship

    English

    (wikipedia dictatorship)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A type of government where absolute sovereignty is allotted to an individual or a small clique.
  • A government which exercises autocratic rule.

    • Derived terms

    * dictatorship of the majority

    Synonyms

    *autocracy