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dittatura

dictatorship

noun deet-tah-TOO-rah Less Common
People & Society Government

Usage Note

Dittatura is always feminine (la dittatura). It derives from dittatore (dictator), which in ancient Rome was a legitimate emergency magistrate — the word only acquired its modern negative meaning during the 20th century. The plural dittature is regular.

Examples

"Il paese ha vissuto sotto una dittatura per decenni."

Natural Translation

The country lived under a dictatorship for decades.

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