despotism
Government by a despot or despots: rule by a singular authority, either a single…Government by a despot or despots: rule by a singular authority, either a single person or a tight-knit group, which rules with absolute power, especially in a cruel and oppressive way.
» Property is the right to use & abuse; it engenders despotism.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)Government by a despot or despots: rule by a singular authority, either a single person or a tight-knit group, which rules with absolute power, especially in a cruel and oppressive way.
Despotie, Despotismus, Willkürherrschaft
деспоти́змdespotízm, произво́лproizvól, деспоти́яdespotíja
деспоти́змdespotýzm
- dominance through threat of punishment and violence
- a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
Examples
3 sentencesProperty is the right to use & abuse; it engenders despotism.
Despotism and the most absurd arrogance punish even supreme foreign courts.
Even supreme courts are targets of despotism and the most absurd arrogance of foreign governments.
Translations
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Origin
From French despotisme; equivalent to despot + -ism.From French despotisme; equivalent to despot + -ism.
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Forms
plural: despotisms| Singular | despotism |
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Synonyms
11 synonyms- dominance through threat of punishment and violence:absolutismtyranny
- a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.):dictatorshipabsolutismauthoritarianismCaesarismmonocracyone-man ruleshogunateStalinism
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable