despotism
IPA: / despətɪzəm /
Množina: despotisms
ETYM Cf. French despotisme.
1. The power, spirit, or principles of a despot; absolute control over others; tyrannical sway; tyranny.
2. A government which is directed by a despot; a despotic monarchy; absolutism; autocracy.
Arbitrary and oppressive rule of a despot or autocrat, whose decisions are not controlled by law or political institutions; another term for tyranny.
Sinonimi i slične reči
Caesarism · Stalinism · absolutism · authoritarianism · dictatorship · monocracy · one-man rule · shogunate · totalitarianism · tyranny
Reči u blizini
despot · despotat · despotic · despotical · despotically · despotism · despotist · despotize · despotocracy · despots · Desprez