| 单词 | despotic |
| 释义 | despotic (once / 1807 pages) adj A ruler who governs with an iron fist, caring little for the welfare of the people, can be called despotic. Dictators and tyrants are often described as despotic. Despotic is the adjective form of the noun despot, which means "tyrannical ruler." If you live under despotic rule, you probably have few rights and may fear your government. Use despotic to describe rulers that rely on brute force (or the threat of it) rather than the rule of law to keep order. Even if you're not the emperor of your own small kingdom, you might be a despotic boss, intimidating your employees. Might you consider switching to benevolence instead? WORD FAMILYdespotic: despotically, despoticly+/despot: despotic, despotical, despotism, despots/despotism: despotisms USAGE EXAMPLESAmartya Sen, a Harvard University economist and Nobel laureate, called it a “despotic action.” Washington Post(Dec 16, 2016) On this argument, old habits die hard, and democratically elected politicians retain old despotic ways of thinking. BBC(Nov 23, 2016) And political correctness functions like a despotic regime. Wall Street Journal(Nov 08, 2016) 1adj belonging to or having the characteristics of a despot Syn despotical 2adj characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty despotic rulers Syn authoritarian, autocratic, dictatorial, tyrannic, tyrannical undemocratic not in agreement with or according to democratic doctrine or practice or ideals 3adj ruled by or characteristic of a despot moved from a feudal to a despotic order his administration was arrogant and despotic Syn undemocratic not in agreement with or according to democratic doctrine or practice or ideals |
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