Characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty.
Belonging to or having the characteristics of a despot.
1 Any despotic government must have the reliable support of toadies and traitors.
2 So ended the despotic rule of gentlemen adventurers in the far north.
3 The young girl was pregnant, and they were fleeing a despotic regime.
4 America is the stronghold of the popular principle, Europe of the despotic .
5 The despotic course of the king raised up enemies on all sides.
6 A despotic government restricted the efforts of the Apostles to do good.
7 His pride, his whole character, despotic ; the horror of having been deceived.
8 The only form or system that is necessarily illegal is the despotic .
9 But in nations capable of freedom this religious domination was never despotic .
10 The body is a despotic master and it is a splendid servant.
11 Their anthem has a slight whiff of old-school despotic regime about it.
12 That Assembly stood in his way as he strode toward despotic power.
13 Under the despotic rule of Louis Napoleon, the newspaper business has drooped.
14 An extraordinary event occurred here, showing the despotic power of the sheikh.
15 This remarkable document was a strange compound of liberal and despotic elements.
16 Under a despotic government, the spy is as necessary as the corporal.
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