despoticadj.

/dɛˈspɒtɪk/

Forms: Also 1600s despotique, 1700s despotick.

Etymology: < French despotique (Oresme, 14th cent.), < Greek δεσποτικός , < δεσπότης despot n.: see -ic suffix.

Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a despot, or despotism; arbitrary, tyrannical.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [adjective] > tyrannical, despotic, or autocratic

tyrant1297

tyrannous1491

Pharaonical1528

tyrannical1560

tyrannizing1589

servile1603

despotical1608

monarchicala1618

Nimrodian1631

autocratoric1641

Dominical1644

despotic1650

Pendragonish1650

autocratical1651

autocratorical1651

Pharaonian1673

autocratic1769

Pharaonic1792

Corsican1804

Napoleonic1810

satrapian1822

satrapical1823

sultanic1827

absolutist1829

absolutistic1841

arbitrary1862

Napoleonistic1870

Nimrodic1877

pre-Hitlerian1942

1650 T. Hobbes De Corpore Politico 58 From whence proceedeth Dominion, Paternall, and Despotique.

1720 J. Gay Poems Several Occasions II. 302 Where guardian laws despotic power restrain!

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 142. ⁋10 Bluster has therefore a despotick authority in many families.

1825 C. Lamb in London Mag. July 378 He lay and acted his despotic fancies.

1832 J. Austin Province Jurispr. vi. 291 The epithet free importing praise, and the epithet despotic importing blame, they who distinguish governments into free and despotic, suppose that the first are better than the second.

1844 R. W. Emerson Young Amer. in Lect. in Wks. (1906) II. 298 The patriarchal form of government readily becomes despotic.

1856 G. Grote Hist. Greece XII. Contents ii. p. xi He becomes Asiatized and despotic.

Compounds

despotic monarchy n. = absolute monarchy n. at absolute adj. and n. Compounds 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > sole rule > [noun]

monarchya1393

absolute monarchy1575

monocracy1606

despotic monarchy1764

1764 J. Otis Rights Brit. Colonies 14 This has never been considered by those who have tamely given up both into the hands of a tyrannical Oligarchy or despotic Monarchy.

Derivatives

deˈspoticly adv. = despotically adv.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [adverb] > despotically or autocratically

absolutely1549

despotically1681

despoticly?1692

autocratically1772

?1692 Ad Populum Phaleræ 2 That Noah's Heirs despoticly might rule.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	despotic
释义	despoticadj. /dɛˈspɒtɪk/ Forms: Also 1600s despotique, 1700s despotick. Etymology: < French despotique (Oresme, 14th cent.), < Greek δεσποτικός , < δεσπότης despot n.: see -ic suffix. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a despot, or despotism; arbitrary, tyrannical. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [adjective] > tyrannical, despotic, or autocratic tyrant1297 tyrannous1491 Pharaonical1528 tyrannical1560 tyrannizing1589 servile1603 despotical1608 monarchicala1618 Nimrodian1631 autocratoric1641 Dominical1644 despotic1650 Pendragonish1650 autocratical1651 autocratorical1651 Pharaonian1673 autocratic1769 Pharaonic1792 Corsican1804 Napoleonic1810 satrapian1822 satrapical1823 sultanic1827 absolutist1829 absolutistic1841 arbitrary1862 Napoleonistic1870 Nimrodic1877 pre-Hitlerian1942 1650 T. Hobbes De Corpore Politico 58 From whence proceedeth Dominion, Paternall, and Despotique. 1720 J. Gay Poems Several Occasions II. 302 Where guardian laws despotic power restrain! 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 142. ⁋10 Bluster has therefore a despotick authority in many families. 1825 C. Lamb in London Mag. July 378 He lay and acted his despotic fancies. 1832 J. Austin Province Jurispr. vi. 291 The epithet free importing praise, and the epithet despotic importing blame, they who distinguish governments into free and despotic, suppose that the first are better than the second. 1844 R. W. Emerson Young Amer. in Lect. in Wks. (1906) II. 298 The patriarchal form of government readily becomes despotic. 1856 G. Grote Hist. Greece XII. Contents ii. p. xi He becomes Asiatized and despotic. Compounds despotic monarchy n. = absolute monarchy n. at absolute adj. and n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > sole rule > [noun] monarchya1393 absolute monarchy1575 monocracy1606 despotic monarchy1764 1764 J. Otis Rights Brit. Colonies 14 This has never been considered by those who have tamely given up both into the hands of a tyrannical Oligarchy or despotic Monarchy. Derivatives deˈspoticly adv. = despotically adv. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [adverb] > despotically or autocratically absolutely1549 despotically1681 despoticly?1692 autocratically1772 ?1692 Ad Populum Phaleræ 2 That Noah's Heirs despoticly might rule. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1650
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