dictatorship vs republic
Definitions
noun
- a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
Examples
Instead, we suffer a good deal more from elective dictatorship, with prime ministers and premiers able to shape the political agenda with a freer hand.
This type of political perversion of the law was well known during Hitler's fascist dictatorship.
The ayatollah broke with Iran's clerical leadership and became a vehement critic, denouncing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and calling the postelection crackdown the work of a dictatorship.
Definitions
noun
- a form of government whose head of state is not a monarch
- a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
Examples
So it's a little more than passing strange that Mr. Brooks clucks about Mr. Obama's "über-partisan budget" when, given the last few weeks of shrieking and wailing from the Republicans about socialism and communism, he's been the voice of moderation in the room.
It would have been a luxury to unfrock some of them, but it has seemed to me the duty of every sincere Republican to endure a great deal rather than say anything to introduce division or controversy into party ranks ....
This dilemma perfectly sums up the impasse in all republican-loyalist negotiations.
