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despotism::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | absolutism, authoritarianism, caesarism, dictatorship, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny |
| Type of | autarchy, autocracy |
| Has types | police state |
despotism::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | absolutism, tyranny |
| Type of | ascendency, ascendence, ascendancy, control, dominance, ascendance |
Examples of despotism
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You have first to take responsibility for your despotism apologize or setp down.
From the en.wikipedia.org
If you separate the people and goverment, you end up with tyranny and despotism.
From the economist.com
Admittedly, the Eurocracy's enlightened despotism was better than the other kind.
From the economist.com
The concept of separation of powers gradually became a tool to prevent despotism.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Here especially, the founders were aware of government's inclination to despotism.
From the ocregister.com
That despotism, moreover, was exercised by a man whose brain was a very great one.
From the economist.com
But there are certain sorts of evil and despotism that are uniquely religious.
From the scienceblogs.com
It aims to replace the despotism of the old bosses with the rule of scientific law.
From the theatlantic.com
It's been building up over years of despotism and misrule in the Middle East.
From the economist.com
- Absolutism: dominance through threat of punishment and violence
- Dictatorship: a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
- (despot) tyrant: a cruel and oppressive dictator
- (despotic) belonging to or having the characteristics of a despot
- (despotic) authoritarian: characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty; "an authoritarian regime"; "autocratic government"; "despotic rulers"; "a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war"; "a tyrannical government"
- Despotism is a form of government in which a single entity, called the 'despot', rules with absolute power. That entity may be an individual, as in an autocracy, or it may be a group, as in an oligarchy. ...
- Despot (from Greek: u03B4u03B5u03C3u03C0u03CCu03C4u03B7u03C2, despu00F3tu0113s, "lord", "master") was a senior Byzantine court title that was bestowed on the sons or sons-in-law of reigning emperors, and initially denoted the heir-apparent...
- Government by a singular authority, either a single person or tight-knit group, which rules with absolute power
- (despot) A ruler with absolute power; a tyrant; A title awarded to senior members of the imperial family in the late Byzantine Empire, and claimed by various independent or semi-autonomous rulers in the Balkans (12th to 15th centuries)
