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English

Etymology

From French despotisme; equivalent to despot +? -ism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?sp?t?z?m/

Noun

despotism (countable and uncountable, plural despotisms)

1. government by a singular authority, either a single person or tight-knit group, which rules with absolute power, especially in a cruel and oppressive way.

Synonyms

• tyranny

Related terms

• despot
• despotate
• despotic

Translations

Anagrams

• misposted

Romanian

Etymology

From French despotisme

Noun

despotism n (uncountable)

1. despotism

Declension

English

Etymology

From Middle French despote, from Old French despote, from Medieval Latin despota, from Ancient Greek ???????? (despót?s, “lord, master, owner”), from the Proto-Indo-European phrase *déms pótis (“master of the house”). Cognate with Sanskrit ?????? (dámpati).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?s.p?t/, /?d?z.p?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?d?s.p?t/

Noun

despot (plural despots)

1. A ruler with absolute power; a tyrant.
2. (historical) A title awarded to senior members of the imperial family in the late Byzantine Empire, and claimed by various independent or semi-autonomous rulers in the Balkans (12th to 15th centuries)

Derived terms

• despotate
• despotism

Translations

References

Anagrams

• T posed, T-posed, depots, dopest, dépôts, posted, ptosed, stoped

Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (despót?s, “lord, master”).

Noun

despot c (singular definite despoten, plural indefinite despoter)

1. despot

Inflection

Synonyms

• tyran

Derived terms

• despoti n
• despotisk (adjective)
• despotisme c

Further reading

• “despot” in Den Danske Ordbog

Romanian

Etymology

From Greek ???????? (despótis)

Noun

despot m (plural despo?i)

1. despot

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?spot/
• Hyphenation: des?pot

Noun

dèspot m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. despot

Declension

Swedish

Noun

despot c

1. despot