独裁

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 独裁 is read as どくさい and means dictatorship or concentrated one-person rule.
• Basic usage: It appears in protests against a long-standing dictatorship and warnings about power sliding toward dictatorship.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Protesting a dictatorship
  • 独裁に抗議する means opposing a dictatorship that has continued for a long time. Example: 国民は長く続いた独裁に抗議した。
• Risking a slide into dictatorship
  • 独裁へ傾く describes the danger created when power is concentrated in one person. Example: 権力を一人に集めると独裁へ傾く危険がある。