The phrase "dictatorial state" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a government or political system characterized by absolute power and authoritarian rule.
Example: "The citizens of the dictatorial state faced severe restrictions on their freedoms and rights."
Alternatives: "authoritarian regime" or "totalitarian government."
Prerevolutionary Egypt, he likes to say, was a civil, Islamic, corrupt, dictatorial state.
"There was no denying the dictatorial state that he ruled," Ms. Sherman said.
They are fearful of the prospect of seeing the Iraqi people taking on the tyrant and his dictatorial state.
It is not a perfect comparison, he acknowledges, but if there is a model for how to peacefully rid a hostile dictatorial state of its nuclear program, he points to the disarming of Libya some 15 years ago.
Though selecting a dictatorial state with a poor human rights record as a platform for this speech does leave it open to criticism, the administration insists that the ends justify the means.
Charles Clarke had argued this week that we no longer needed all the legal principles created in the post war era, when democracies were clearly fragile, and individuals needed to be defended against the possible power of a dictatorial state.
International law is a travesty, one easily manipulated by rogue and dictatorial states for their benefit.
As a remedy, he urged the necessity of, reintegrating the dictatorial states in some kind of system of international organization.
The Committee also declares that it is second to none in regretting the woes which have been inflicted upon the Jews of Europe by European dictatorial states.
Except in dictatorial states, and maybe Berlusconi's Italy, the internet-connected citizen has too many sources of information for propagandists to control.
The app — loved by gossipy MPs, secretive City traders and political activists in dictatorial states — is said to have 180m users globally, with about 40m in Iran alone.
