Dictatorship

Dictatorships are commonly categorized into military, one-party, and personalist types, based on where power resides. Hybrid dictatorships combine elements of these categories, and other classifications exist, such as monarchic, which is a hereditary dictatorship, and totalitarian, which is an extreme form characterized by total control over all aspects of life. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Primary types

Military dictatorships: Power is held by the armed forces, often coming to power through a coup d’état. The leadership can be a committee of high-ranking officers or a single strongman who rules unilaterally. [1, 6, 7]
One-party dictatorships: A single political party holds all power, controlling the government and suppressing opposition. Examples include communist states and regimes led by a dominant party, notes Study.com and Britannica. [1, 8]
Personalist dictatorships: Power is concentrated in a single individual, who relies on a loyal inner circle to maintain control. These regimes often feature a cult of personality. [1, 3, 4, 7, 9]

Other classifications

Monarchic dictatorship: Power is inherited and maintained through a ruling family or dynasty, similar to an absolute monarchy. [3, 4]
Totalitarian dictatorship: An extreme form of authoritarianism where the state seeks to control all aspects of public and private life, using ideology, propaganda, and terror to maintain power. Nazi Germany and Stalin’s Soviet Union are classic examples, says Britannica. [5, 8, 10]
Hybrid dictatorship: A regime that blends characteristics from multiple types, such as a personalist dictatorship that also has military elements. [1, 2, 3]

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[1] wikipedia/en/Dictatorship