Right-wing dictatorship
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A right-wing dictatorship, sometimes also referred to as a rightist dictatorship is an authoritarian or totalitarian regime following right-wing policies. Right-wing dictatorships are typically characterized by anti-communism, appeals to traditionalism, the protection of law and order, nationalism, and justify their rise to power based on a need to uphold a conservative status quo.