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Meanings of despotism in inglês
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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Usage of despotism in inglês
1
A thousand days of despotism are better than one day of anarchy?
2
Money, influence and perseverance were her allies; social despotism her only adversary.
3
The government of the revolution is the despotism of liberty against tyranny.
4
Rome was a despotism under Nero; so she was under the triumvirate.
5
No, the despotism has no use for it; you would lose money.
6
But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism.
7
Her old feudal liberties were gone, absorbed in the despotism of Madrid.
8
His whole life had been one struggle against despotism in the crown.
9
It is a sin to encourage him in such selfishness and despotism.
10
The rules of despotism are made for the government of corrupted men.
11
The Declaration of Independence meant war against the ever-growing encroachment of despotism.
12
No despotism can hold its own without the consent of the governed.
13
The villagers for the most part lived under a kind of despotism.
14
The Russian polity is no longer a despotism tempered by the cord.
15
Surely despotism is no longer tolerated in this stage of modern civilization.
16
Suppose he sank the navy, annihilated the army, set up a despotism?
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common