Germans, beginning with Prince Wilhelm, used diktat in a negative way to refer to the Treaty of Versailles, the document ending World War I. Today diktat can be used as a critical term for even minor regulations felt to be unfair or authoritarian.
Instructions and orders (Definition of diktat from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
A diktat is a regulation or rule imposed on a country that's lost a war by the country that defeated it.
A diktat (from German: Diktat, [dɪkˈtaːt]) is a statute, harsh penalty or settlement imposed upon a defeated party by the victor, or a dogmatic decree. The term has acquired a pejorative sense, to describe a set of rules dictated by a foreign power or an unpopular local power.
Today, regional diktat is now supplemented (though not wholly replaced) by other means of recruiting elites. It should be noted that Saddam's power was held up by fear and diktat.
You use diktat to refer to something such as a law or government which people have to obey even if they do not agree with it, especially one which seems unfair.
Definition of diktat noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
A diktat is a regulation or rule imposed on a country that's lost a war by the country that defeated it. The Treaty of Versailles, considered to be the first diktat, was imposed on Germany after World War I.
diktat, n. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary
dik tat (dɪkˈtɑt) n. 1. a harsh settlement or decree imposed unilaterally, esp. on a defeated nation. 2. any decree or authoritative statement: The Board of Education issued a diktat that all employees must report an hour earlier.