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despotism

(despətɪzəm)
uncountable noun
Despotism is cruel and unfair government by a ruler or rulers who have a lot of power.
Synonyms: tyranny, dictatorship, oppression, totalitarianism More Synonyms of despotism

despotism in British English

(ˈdɛspəˌtɪzəm)
noun
1. 
the rule of a despot; arbitrary, absolute, or tyrannical government
2. 
arbitrary or tyrannical authority or behaviour

despotism in American English

(ˈdɛspəˌtɪzəm)
noun
1. 
rule or domination by a despot; autocracy
2. 
the methods or acts of a despot; tyranny
3. 
a political system, state, etc. dominated by a despot
Word origin
Fr despotisme

Examples of 'despotism' in a sentence
despotism

We could use the power of enlightened despotism to crash women through the glass ceiling.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
In ten stormy years France had passed from autocracy to a constitutional monarchy to a constitutional republic and now to military despotism.
Deborah Cadbury THE LOST KING OF FRANCE: Revolution, Revenge and the Search for Louis XVII (2002)

Word lists with
despotism

government
(noun) 
Definition
absolute or tyrannical government
a prototypical example of political despotism
Synonyms
tyranny
I'm the sole victim of her tyranny.
dictatorship
a long period of military dictatorship
oppression
an attempt to escape political oppression
totalitarianism
autocracy
Many poor countries are abandoning autocracy.
absolutism
the triumphal reassertion of royal absolutism
autarchy
monocracy

Additional synonyms

in the sense of absolutism
Definition
a political system in which a monarch or dictator has unrestricted power
the triumphal reassertion of royal absolutism
Synonyms
dictatorship,
tyranny,
totalitarianism,
authoritarianism,
despotism,
autocracy,
arbitrariness,
absolute rule,
absoluteness,
autarchy
in the sense of autocracy
Definition
government by an individual with unrestricted authority
Many poor countries are abandoning autocracy.
Synonyms
dictatorship,
tyranny,
despotism,
absolutism
in the sense of dictatorship
a long period of military dictatorship
Synonyms
absolute rule,
tyranny,
totalitarianism,
authoritarianism,
reign of terror,
despotism,
autocracy,
absolutism

Nearby words of
despotism

  • despondent
  • despot
  • despotic
  • despotism
  • dessert
  • destabilize
  • destination

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