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1. despotism
noun. ['ˈdɛspəˌtɪzəm'] dominance through threat of punishment and violence.
Synonyms
- control
- dominance
- tyranny
- ascendancy
- ascendence
- ascendency
- ascendance
Antonyms
- unskillfulness
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Words that Rhyme with Despotism
- abolitionism
- absenteeism
- absolutism
- activism
- adventurism
- adventurism
- agrarianism
- alcoholism
- altruism
- amateurism
- americanism
- anachronism
- aneurism
- anglo-catholicism
- animism
- antagonism
- anthropomorphism
- anti-catholicism
- anti-catholicism
- antidisestablishmentarianism
Example sentences of the word despotism
1. Noun, singular or mass
He said that Asian countries tended toward despotism due to intemperate climates.
Quotes containing the word despotism
1. Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty.
- Thomas Jefferson
2. despotism
noun. ['ˈdɛspəˌtɪzəm'] a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.).
Synonyms
- totalitarianism
- autarchy
- police state
- monocracy
- authoritarianism
- shogunate
- Stalinism
- Caesarism
- one-man rule
- autocracy
- dictatorship
- tyranny
Antonyms
- derestrict
- powerlessness
- unrestraint
- indiscipline