English Explanatory Dictionary

tin-pot dictatorship

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A country ruled by a tin-pot dictator; an autocracy, especially one ruled by someone with delusions of grandeur.

Word forms

tin-pot dictatorship tin-pot dictatorships

Etymology

From tin-pot dictator + -ship.

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