diktat

See also: Diktat

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Diktat, from Latin dictātum, supine of dictō (“dictate”)

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɒt
  • (UK) IPA(key): /dɪkˈtɑːt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /dɪkˈtɑt/

Noun

diktat (plural diktats)

  1. a harsh penalty or settlement imposed upon a defeated party by the victor
  2. a dogmatic decree, especially issued by one who rules without popular consent
    • 1982: The Planners and the Peasants by Steven L. Sampson
      Today, regional diktat is now supplemented (though not wholly replaced) by other means of recruiting elites.
    • 2005, Vitaly Naumkin, Radical Islam in Central Asia: Between Pen and Rifle, page 179
      It should be noted that Saddam's power was held up by fear and diktat.
    • 2018: "Brand Loyalty" by Julian Sanchez, Just Security
      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.

See also

French

Alternative forms

Noun

diktat m (plural diktats)

  1. diktat

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

dìktāt m (Cyrillic spelling дѝкта̄т)

  1. dictate

Declension

Spanish

Noun

diktat m (plural diktats)

  1. diktat
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