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Dictatorship vs Imperialism - What's the difference?

dictatorship | imperialism |

As nouns the difference between dictatorship and imperialism

is that dictatorship is a type of government where absolute sovereignty is allotted to an individual or a small clique while imperialism is the policy of forcefully extending a nation's authority by territorial gain or by the establishment of economic and political dominance over other nations.

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

    imperialism

    English

    (wikipedia imperialism)

    Noun

    (-)
  • The policy of forcefully extending a nation's authority by territorial gain or by the establishment of economic and political dominance over other nations.

    • See also

    * imperialist * imperialistic