diktat
/ˈdɪktɑːt/noun
- an order or decree imposed by someone in power without popular consent(未经民众同意强加的)命令; 法令:
a diktat from the Bundestag
(德)联邦议院的强制令
mass noun he can disband the legislature and rule by diktat.他可以解散立法机构以强令来统治。
词源
1930s: from German, from Latin dictatum 'something dictated', neuter past participle of dictare.