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# dictator

«dictator» in Mova's school dictionary: **A ruler who has complete power over a country, was…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a dictator, dictators)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A ruler who has complete power over a country, was usually not fairly elected, and does not allow people to disagree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dictator/#m1)

2) (informal) Someone who tells others what to do and won't listen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dictator/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In history and civics: dictators versus democracy; dictatorships take away freedoms. In everyday talk: «Don't be such a dictator!» Phrases: military dictator, benevolent dictator.

### examples

- The dictator banned all newspapers that criticised him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dictator/#x1)
- In a democracy, people choose their leaders; a dictator does not let them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dictator/#x2)
- The people finally overthrew the dictator. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dictator/#x3)
- My brother acts like a dictator when he holds the TV remote. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dictator/#x4)
- History has many cruel dictators. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dictator/#x5)
- A dictator often controls the army and the police. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dictator/#x6)

### note

Noun: dictatorship (the system). Adjective: dictatorial (bossy). From «dictate» (to give orders, or to say words for someone to write down).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dictator» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dictator/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.