petro-dictatorship en · NOUN
Etymology
From petro- + dictatorship.
Meanings
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A dictatorship funded by petroleum exports.
Internationally, what is already the world's most indebted nation is overextended on the military front, highly dependent on OPEC oil and increasingly beholden to sovereign wealth funds run by petro-dictatorships or authoritarian regimes
2009, Thomas J. Courchene, The Obama Opportunity: Agent of Change in a Time of Crisis:The development of energy resources in an otherwise underdeveloped economy […] is often accompanied by the rise of corrupt, authoritarian regimes (Witness the petro-dictatorships of Nigeria, Libya[…])
1997, Peter Rutland, Lost Opportunities: Energy and Politics in Russia:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| petro-dictatorships | Number=Plur | lexicographic |