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diktat
[ dik-taht ]
noun
- a harsh, punitive settlement or decree imposed unilaterally on a defeated nation, political party, etc.
- any decree or authoritative statement:
The Board of Education issued a diktat that all employees must report an hour earlier.
diktat
/ ˈɪɑː /
noun
- decree or settlement imposed, esp by a ruler or a victorious nation
- a dogmatic statement
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of diktat1
Example Sentences
The Taliban government says it has been trying to resolve the issue of women's education, but has also defended its supreme leader's diktats, saying they are "in accordance with Islamic Sharia law".
As seen with Trump’s executive orders and other diktats and commands, this project will negatively impact the literal lives and futures of hundreds of millions of Americans.
The courts can tell Trump to stop his executive orders and other diktats and all he has to do is invoke how they are extensions of his “presidential authority” and are thus “legal.”
The Liberal Democrats' spokeswoman Vikki Slade said local government needed "significant reform" but expressed concern that local voices would be bypassed by a "top-down diktat" from Whitehall.
And it refused to accept another authoritarian diktat.
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