under (a/the) dictatorship
Frequency: 7.319.3 per million words
refers to living or existing in a state controlled by a dictator
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Examples (10)
- These men had all lived under a dictatorship.
- Many people suffer under a brutal dictatorship.
- The country languished for decades under the dictatorship of a single ruler.
- Freedom of speech is severely restricted under a military dictatorship.
- My grandparents remember what it was like to grow up under a fascist dictatorship.
- No one wants to live under a totalitarian dictatorship.
- The economy often stagnates under a repressive dictatorship.
- What was daily life like for ordinary citizens under the dictatorship?
- Creating art was a dangerous act of rebellion under the dictatorship.
- After years under a dictatorship, the nation finally held its first democratic elections.