Despotism is a way of ruling in which the leader has total, unchecked power. Joseph Stalin purged the Soviet Union of all his opponents in order to rule the country through despotism. He didn’t have many friends.
The power, spirit, or principles of a despot; absolute control over others; tyrannical sway; tyranny.
Noun
a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
Noun
dominance through threat of punishment and violence
n.
The power, spirit, or principles of a despot; absolute
control over others; tyrannical sway; tyranny.
n.
A government which is directed by a despot; a despotic
monarchy; absolutism; autocracy.
Despotism
Despotism . . . is the only form of government which may with safety to itself neglect the education of its infant poor.
The power, spirit, or principles of a despot; absolute control over others; tyrannical sway; tyranny.
Usage Examples
Equality, rightly understood as our founding fathers understood it, leads to liberty and to the emancipation of creative differences wrongly understood, as it has been so tragically in our time, it leads first to conformity and then to despotism.
Small natures require despotism to exercise their sinews, as great souls thirst for equality to give play to their heart.
The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance.
Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism.
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Other Usage ExamplesFreedom of conscience entails more dangers than authority and despotism.
Is not liberty the destruction of all despotism - including, of course, legal despotism?
Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism around your own doors.
Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.
So long as war is the main business of nations, temporary despotism - despotism during the campaign - is indispensable.
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