udikteta

How to say it

Meaning

A system of rule in which one person or a small group holds all power without the consent of the people.

Good to know

U class noun without a plural, from dikteta, dictator. The opposite is demokrasia.

Examples

• Wananchi walichoka na udikteta wa miaka thelathini.The people grew tired of thirty years of dictatorship.
• Udikteta hauna nafasi katika nchi ya kidemokrasia.Dictatorship has no place in a democratic country.
• Mwandishi huyo aliandika kitabu kuhusu udikteta barani Afrika.That writer wrote a book about dictatorship in Africa.