Despotic Definition

despätik
adjective
Of or like a despot; autocratic; tyrannical.
Webster's New World
The definition of despotic is something associated with or typically attributed to a despot, or a cruel and oppressive ruler.
An example of despotic used as an adjective is the phrase despotic killing which is the act of killing anyone who disagrees with your political position.
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Origin of Despotic

  • From Ancient Greek δεσποτικός (despotikos) via French despotique.

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Despotic Sentence Examples

  • Men thought him more cruel and more despotic than he actually was.

  • In other cases a more despotic monarchy has grown up - the prowess of one man leading to the subjugation of other clans.

  • The Internet is still able to be "turned off" by despotic rulers.

  • The Prussian people were keenly irritated by the cordial relations between their court and the most despotic power in Europe.

  • The new king was a man of excellent intentions and did his Louis Bonaparte best to promote the interest of his subjects, but finding King of himself unable to protect them from the despotic Holland.

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