diktat

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

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

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.

• dictate

• dictat

diktat m (plural diktats)

1. diktat

dìktāt m (Cyrillic spelling дѝкта̄т)

1. dictate

diktat m (plural diktats)

1. diktat