despotic

pronunciation

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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

adj.

democratic

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 ?

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