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Definition of Diktat
1. Noun. a harsh penalty or settlement imposed upon a defeated party by the victor ¹
2. Noun. a dogmatic decree ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Diktat
1. a harsh settlement imposed on a defeated nation [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Diktat
Literary usage of Diktat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, Ernest Alfred Benians, George Walter Prothero, Stanley Mordaunt Leathes (1907)
"ve been more successful than their coup diktat. By a few hours of viole»06 they
... But however successful a coup diktat may be, it requires some ju cation. ..."
2. The Life of His Royal Highness the Prince Consort by Theodore Martin (1879)
"'The Prince de Joinville,9 Lord Palmerston wrote, 'had left Claremont for Lille
some days before the coup-diktat^ to place himself at the head of the troops ..."
3. Suomalais-ugrilaisen seuran aikakauskirja: Journal de la Société finno-ougrienneby Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seura by Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seura (1891)
"Meiner erfahrung nach kann — insbesondere für einen in der spräche weniger
geübten — auch die méthode eine gute sein, zuerst das lied nach einem diktat ..."
4. The Greville Memoirs: A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV. and King by Charles Greville (1875)
"... and told me that he had said every thing he could to the King to- dissuade
him from changing his Ministry and trying a coup diktat, that the King has ..."
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