单词	despotism
释义	despotism noun des·​po·​tism ˈde-spə-ˌti-zəm  1 a : oppressive absolute (see absolute sense 2) power and authority exerted by government : rule by a despot an excess of law is despotism, from which free men revolt S. B. Pettengill b : oppressive or despotic exercise of power educational despotism 2 a : a system of government in which the ruler has unlimited power : absolutism b : a despotic state enduring the despotism of the czars Synonyms absolutism autarchy authoritarianism autocracy Caesarism czarism tsarism tzarism dictatorship totalism totalitarianism tyranny See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences by the end of the 20th century many countries around the world had rejected despotism in favor of democracy Recent Examples on the Web Zelensky has spent his days under attack convincingly presenting himself and Ukraine to the rest of the world as standing the ground for the collective interests and future of sovereign self-determination against despotism. The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2022 The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other. Andrew Delbanco, The New York Review of Books, 8 June 2022 Yet the despotism and nihilism of Marxism, Stalin’s cause, is ultimately indistinguishable from the power outlook at the heart of Putinism. Bartle Bull, WSJ, 4 May 2022 Tocqueville called this enervated condition democratic despotism, the soft, passive twin of majority tyranny. Jedediah Britton-purdy, The New Republic, 22 Apr. 2022 The compendium of National Review journalism expressing a trenchant hostility to despotism is legendary. Peter J. Travers, National Review, 29 Mar. 2022 Muratov, in his Nobel lecture, cast a free press as a counteragent for such despotism, likening journalists to dogs that keep the caravan of society moving forward. Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2022 The public position against Russian Federation in all areas is a loud cure for despotism. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Mar. 2022 Free societies have an obligation to demonstrate their revulsion toward despotism. Matthew Continetti, National Review, 26 Feb. 2022 See More Word History Etymology see despot First Known Use circa 1727, in the meaning defined at sense 1a despotism noun as in tyranny a system of government in which the ruler has unlimited power by the end of the 20th century many countries around the world had rejected despotism in favor of democracy Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance tyranny dictatorship autocracy fascism authoritarianism totalitarianism absolutism autarchy monarchy totalism tsarism Communism oppression Caesarism czarism monarchism monocracy tzarism domination Nazism Big Brotherism Big Brother Antonyms & Near Antonyms democracy freedom self-rule self-government sovereignty self-governance autonomy sovranty self-determination See More
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