diktat

See also: Diktat and diktát

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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.

See also

• dictate

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French

Alternative forms

• dictat

Noun

diktat m (plural diktats)

1. diktat

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

dìktāt m (Cyrillic spelling дѝкта̄т)

1. dictate

Declension

Declension of diktat

	singular	plural
nominative	dìktāt	diktati
genitive	diktáta	diktata
dative	diktatu	diktatima
accusative	diktat	diktate
vocative	diktate	diktati
locative	diktatu	diktatima
instrumental	diktatom	diktatima

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Spanish

Noun

diktat m (plural diktats)

1. diktat