The speaker that S_M linked to certainly thinks so.
Dictatorship as the CIA apparently defines it is not used as a pejorative. Otherwise, they would have made a point of identifying Cuba as one. Instead, they identify Cuba as a "Communist state".
Dictatorship is a political structure in which one individual has executive, legislative and judicial power concentrated in his or her office. Although the executive has ministers and their staffs, there may be a nominal legislature kept for "advisory" purposes, and local judges handle low-level disputes, all important power is concentrated in the person at the top. Ideology has nothing to do with it, though one might surmise that a convinced democrat would be incapable of taking the office. Dictators are different from monarchs only in the fact that dictatorship is not hereditary.
Perhaps if we all pay more attention to the meanings of words, we can avoid being confused when the words are redefined to suit the facts of the day...
Off Topic » in reply to "dictatorship" is a pejorative term applied to the other, with little meaning, other than to express the displeasure of the speaker.....
That depends...
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- Where can I get a list of all the world's dictatorships?
- You can start your list with nearly all of the countries in Africa.
- Do you mean "dictatorships", which have a narrow political definition, or "authoritarian governments", whose definition is somewhat wider?
- According to the CIA, there are 3.
- Not an easy task
- re: Maybe