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despotism definition

despotism


 
  Grep  of  noun  despotism 
  despotism 
 
  Overview  of  noun  despotism 
 
  The  noun  despotism  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (2)  absolutism,  tyranny,  despotism  --  (dominance  through  threat  of  punishment  and  violence) 
  2.  dictatorship,  absolutism,  authoritarianism,  Caesarism,  despotism,  monocracy,  one-man  rule  shogunate,  Stalinism,  totalitarianism,  tyranny  --  (a  form  of  government  in  which  the  ruler  is  an  absolute  dictator  (not  restricted  by  a  constitution  or  laws  or  opposition  etc.)) 
 
  Overview  of  noun  despotism 
 
  The  noun  despotism  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (2)  absolutism,  tyranny,  despotism  --  (dominance  through  threat  of  punishment  and  violence) 
  2.  dictatorship,  absolutism,  authoritarianism,  Caesarism,  despotism,  monocracy,  one-man  rule  shogunate,  Stalinism,  totalitarianism,  tyranny  --  (a  form  of  government  in  which  the  ruler  is  an  absolute  dictator  (not  restricted  by  a  constitution  or  laws  or  opposition  etc.)) 



despotism definition