Dictatorship 独裁政体
（重定向自Dictature）
![Adolf Hitler (right) and Benito Mussolini (left). Hitler's policies and orders resulted in the death of about 11 million noncombatants .[4]](/Images/godic/202501/08/Hitlermusso2_edit1307.jpg")
![Mobutu Sese Seko, Zaire's longtime dictator.](/Images/godic/202501/08/Mobutu_Sese_Seko_19731307.jpg")
![Democracy Index by the Economist Intelligence Unit, 2011.[11] Countries that are more red are authoritarian, and most often dictatorships. Most current dictatorships are in Africa and Asia.](/Images/godic/202501/08/Democracy_Index_2011_green_and_red.svg1307.png")
![Antonio López de Santa Anna wearing Mexican military uniforms](/Images/godic/202501/08/Santaanna11307.JPG")
Dictatorship is a form of government where a country is ruled by one person or political entity, and exercised through various mechanisms to ensure the entity's power remains strong.
A dictatorship is a type of authoritarianism, in which politicians regulate nearly every aspect of the public and private behavior of citizens. Dictatorships and totalitarianism generally employ political propaganda to decrease the influence of proponents of alternative governing systems, as is the nature of nationalism of any governing system.