despotic
pronunciation
How to pronounce despotic in British English: UK [dɪ'spɒtɪk]
How to pronounce despotic in American English: US [dɪˈspɑtɪk]
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- Adjective:
- belonging to or having the characteristics of a despot
- ruled by or characteristic of a despot
- characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty
Word Origin
- despotic (adj.)
- 1640s, from French despotique (14c.), from Greek despotikos, from despotes (see despot). Related: Despotical; despotically.
Antonym
Example
- 1. Wolf packs are supposedly despotic hierarchies dominated by alpha wolves .
- 2. Investment , even in despotic countries , usually brings benefits to ordinary people .
- 3. May , I have some time become despotic and the cross was not consciously !
- 4. Thus , they profess a hands-off attitude to despotic regimes in burma and zimbabwe .
- 5. Or for the 300th anniversary of the glorious revolution , marking the overthrow of a despotic monarch ?