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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