Whatever the pressures that have invoked the Minister's diktat, the outcome is Gilbertian.
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Diktat
//dɪkˈtɑt//
Synonyms for "diktat" (18 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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Related words (9)
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Translations
13 translations across 5 languages.
German
4 entries- Diktat noun (harsh settlement)
- Diktat noun (authoritarian decree)
- Diktatfrieden noun (harsh settlement)
- Friedensdiktat noun (harsh settlement)
Hungarian
3 entries- békediktátum noun (harsh settlement)
- diktátum noun (authoritarian decree)
- ukáz noun (authoritarian decree)
Polish
2 entries- dyktat noun (harsh settlement)
- ukaz noun (authoritarian decree)
Russian
2 entries- диктат noun (harsh settlement)
- диктат noun (authoritarian decree)
Ukrainian
2 entries- диктат noun (harsh settlement)
- диктат noun (authoritarian decree)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Today, regional diktat is now supplemented (though not wholly replaced) by other means of recruiting elites.
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It should be noted that Saddam's power was held up by fear and diktat.
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Trump—according not to the paranoid fears of his opponents, but his own professed desires—would have the government’s law enforcement institutions act as political weapons, aimed by his diktat.
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