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Definition of DESPOTISM
noun : DESPOTISM
Source:WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) dominance through threat of punishment and violence ;
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2. (
- dictatorship ,
- absolutism ,
- authoritarianism ,
- Caesarism ,
- despotism ,
- monocracy ,
- one-man_rule ,
- shogunate ,
- Stalinism ,
- totalitarianism ,
- tyranny
) a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) ;
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