WHAT IS DICTATOR? A dictatorship is a form of government or social situation considered by the total rule of one person or a very small group of people who hold all political supremacy without input from anyone else.. While a dictatorship is a kind of government in some countries, dictatorships are seen by non-dictatorships as dangerous and cruel because of the mode they tend to treat their citizens. Dictatorship indicates absolute power — one person who takes control — of a political situation. The noun comes from the late 14th century Latin word, dictare, which means to "repeat or say often." In a dictatorship, one person keeps repeating the same command: "My way or the highway. DICTATORS AND CONTROL: You will never find a dictator who calls himself a dictator. Instead, dictators have normal names such as president, emperor, great leader. That 's because 'dictator ' is a disapproving term allocated to certain rulers by other nations, mainly the developed nations of the West - that is, countries with flourishing economies - such as the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France and many others. In state of dictatorship a country is known to be run by one person without any checks and balances on his authority. Dictators make one-sided decisions that disturb their countries without having to consult any other branch of government. That 's because there 's no other branch of government that is not controlled by the dictator.. Dictators usually arise to power