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dictatorship

form of government which is ruled by a sole leader
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Summary

dictatorship is a form of government[1]. dictatorship draws 13,526 Wikipedia views per month (form of government category, ranking #17 of 143).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: autocracy[3], monocracy[4]
  • Commons category: Dictatorship[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Dictatorship[6]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[7]
  • Different from: dictator[8], despotism[9]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[10], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[11], WikiProject Politics[12]

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Influence

Things named for dictatorship include dictatorship of the proletariat[13], a political concept[14].

Why It Matters

dictatorship has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] dictatorship is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Entities named for dictatorship include dictatorship of the proletariat[13], a political concept[14].

Related Entities

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  1. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [14] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-09-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0) → XX4576335
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0): XX4576335"
  2. 12w ago · O Breixo · 2026-07-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Enciclopedia galega universal id → 114046
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Enciclopedia galega universal id: 114046"
  3. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0003047-diktatura
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0003047-diktatura, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  4. 20w ago · Trivialist · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → dictatorship
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: dictatorship, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289919630|dictatorship (#289919630)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]"
  5. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 8527, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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