as in decree
an order publicly issued by an authority
a democratic government has to be something wanted by that nation's citizens and not something created by a foreign power's diktat
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Recent Examples of diktat
Trump issues foreign policy diktats by social media, abjuring international consultation and consensus, but the Biden administration itself announced export controls on technology to China without the agreement of U.S. partners.
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Richard Fontaine, Foreign Affairs, 20 Jan. 2025
Interrupting Jewish performers had been a tactic of theirs since the 1920s, and two months earlier, the Stormtroopers’ cultural office had issued a diktat to its members warning them about certain theaters.
—Tomas Weber, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
In some respects, a diktat was already announced last summer by reducing remote working to two days per week, with badges checked and email reprimands for employees who fail to toe the line.
—Anna Zanardi Cappon, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
And while the Saltburn star’s petite accessory looks neat in its singular position, trinkets follow the messy-bag diktat decreed by Miuccia Prada for spring 2024.
—Alice Newbold, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2024
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Richard Fontaine, Foreign Affairs, 20 Jan. 2025
Interrupting Jewish performers had been a tactic of theirs since the 1920s, and two months earlier, the Stormtroopers’ cultural office had issued a diktat to its members warning them about certain theaters.
—Tomas Weber, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
In some respects, a diktat was already announced last summer by reducing remote working to two days per week, with badges checked and email reprimands for employees who fail to toe the line.
—Anna Zanardi Cappon, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
And while the Saltburn star’s petite accessory looks neat in its singular position, trinkets follow the messy-bag diktat decreed by Miuccia Prada for spring 2024.
—Alice Newbold, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diktat
Noun
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Very little of what Musk says, what the government has said in court cases challenging many of his decrees, and what federal agencies have actually done overlap.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
26 Feb. 2025
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Last October, one of Khamenei’s senior advisers asserted that if Israel attacks Iran’s nuclear sites, the supreme leader might reconsider his earlier decrees outlawing the development and use of weapons of mass destruction.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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Despite event cancellations and temporary closures at other presidential centers, the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin remains unaffected by edicts from Washington, a top official tells Axios.—
Asher Price,
Axios,
25 Feb. 2025
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The historical irony of an order, essentially a government edict, striking so hard at one of the nation’s 35 accredited TCUs, or Tribal Colleges & Universities, does not escape him.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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This important ruling recognized that people have a reasonable expectation of privacy in their physical movements as recorded through cell site location information.—
Lars Daniel,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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Judicial rulings will clarify ambiguous areas and contribute to a sturdier framework.—
Paulo Carvão,
The Conversation,
7 Mar. 2025
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No halfway measure, but Bove still wants to keep his hooks in the fish in case Washington chooses to resume the matter later on (and to make sure that Adams follows their directives).—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
9 Mar. 2025
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Trump’s directive tells the Education Department to propose new regulations, which is a bureaucratic journey.—
Shahar Ziv,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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Andy Palmer faced similar decisions in his six years as CEO of Aston Martin and earned his Godfather of EVs nickname for pioneering the Leaf while global COO of Nissan.—
Ben Oliver,
Robb Report,
1 Mar. 2025
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At the time, the FERC decision sent power stocks tumbling.—
Spencer Kimball,
CNBC,
1 Mar. 2025
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“Diktat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diktat. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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