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Defenition of the word despotism

    • Defenition of the word despotism

      • The rule of a despot.
      • 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.)

    Synonyms for the word despotism

      • absolutism
      • authoritarianism
      • autocracy
      • Caesarism
      • dictatorship
      • monocracy
      • one-man rule
      • repression
      • shogunate
      • Stalinism
      • totalitarianism
      • tyranny

    Similar words in the despotism

      • despotism
      • despotism's

    Hyponyms for the word despotism

      • police state

    Hypernyms for the word despotism

      • ascendance
      • ascendancy
      • ascendence
      • ascendency
      • autarchy
      • autocracy
      • control
      • dominance

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