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Synonyms for despotism
ˈdɛs pəˌtɪz əmdespo·tism
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absolutism, tyranny, despotismnoun
dominance through threat of punishment and violence
Synonyms:
shogunate, totalism, dictatorship, authoritarianism, one-man rule, absolutism, tyranny, monocracy, totalitarianismdictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyrannynoun
a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
Synonyms:
shogunate, totalism, dictatorship, authoritarianism, one-man rule, tyranny, absolutism, monocracy, totalitarianism
Dictionary of English Synonymes
despotismnoun
Synonyms:
autocracy, absolutism, dictatorship, tyranny, absolute power, arbitrary rule
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
despotismnoun
Synonyms:
absolutism, autocracy, tyranny
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "despotism":
Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #19906 | tyranny | |
| #24512 | dictatorship | |
| #50246 | totalitarianism | |
| #61615 | despotism | |
| #69826 | authoritarianism | |
| #90320 | absolutism | |
| #96025 | arbitrariness | |
| #139262 | shogunate |
How to use despotism in a sentence?
Liberty has never lasted long in a democracy, nor has it ever ended in anything better than despotism.
The doctrine of blind obedience and unqualified submission to any human power, whether civil or ecclesiastical, is the doctrine of despotism, and ought to have no place among Republicans and Christians.
Freedom of conscience entails more dangers than authority and despotism.
France was a long despotism tempered by epigrams.
Bureaucracy, the rule of no one has become the modern form of despotism.
Translations for despotism
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- деспотизъмBulgarian
- despotismeCatalan, Valencian
- despotismus, despocieCzech
- despotiDanish
- Despotismus, Despotie, WillkürGerman
- δεσποτισμόςGreek
- despotismoSpanish
- itsevaltiusFinnish
- despotismeFrench
- despotizmusHungarian
- dispotismoItalian
- 専制Japanese
- despotismusLatin
- despotyzmPolish
- despotismoPortuguese
- despotismRomanian
- деспотизм, произволRussian
- despotizamSerbo-Croatian
- despoti, despotismSwedish
- деспотизмUkrainian
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