Despotism Definition

dĕspə-tĭzəm
noun
Rule or domination by a despot; autocracy.
Webster's New World
The methods or acts of a despot; tyranny.
Webster's New World
A political system, state, etc. dominated by a despot.
Webster's New World
A state so ruled.
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Noun

Singular:
despotism
Plural:
despotisms

Origin of Despotism

  • From French despotisme.

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Despotism Sentence Examples

  • At the same time his paternal despotism tended to emasculate the Tuscan character.

  • The appeal to Rome was a natural course to be advocated by Wolsey, whose despotism over the English church depended upon an authority derived from Rome; but it was probably a mistake.

  • The government was a despotism, but a king who aroused the extreme dissatisfaction of his subjects was liable to be murdered.

  • He came into collision with philanthropists, and was supposed to approve of despotism for its own sake.

  • But this despotism was of a mild type.

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DDEDES

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MSMISM

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