From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdiktatdik‧tat /dɪkˈtæt/ noun [countable, uncountable] TELL/ORDER somebody TO DO somethingan order that is forced on people by a ruler or government government by diktat
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diktat• They are a diktat, apparently government-backed.• The Government govern not by consent or even by diktat but by spite - spite against the mining communities.• Dialogue and accord have been translated into government by diktat.• The will to enforce its diktat is present.• How can that be so when today's diktat is a contemptuous dismissal of the community's united protest?• Lithuania refused to give in to the diktat from Moscow.Origin diktat (1900-2000) German Latin dictatus, past participle of dictare; → DICTATE1 