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And I hereby distinctly and emphatically declare that I consider myself, and earnestly desire to be considered by others, as utterly divested, now and during the rest of my life, of any such rights, the barbarous relics of a feudal, despotic system.
Robert Dale Owen

Meaning of "despotic" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DESPOTIC

despotic  [dɛˈspɒtɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DESPOTIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Despotic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DESPOTIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Despotism

Despotism is a form of government in which a single entity rules with absolute power. That entity may be an individual, as in an autocracy, or it may be a group, as in an oligarchy. The word despotism means to "rule in the fashion of a despot" and does not necessarily require a singular "despot", an individual. Despot comes from the Greek despotes, which roughly means "master" or "one with power", and it has been used to translate a wide variety of titles and positions. It was used to describe the unlimited power and authority of the Pharaohs of Egypt, employed in the Byzantine court as a title of nobility, used by the rulers of Byzantine vassal states, and adopted as a title of the Byzantine Emperors. Thus, despot is found to have different meanings and interpretations at various times in history and cannot be described by a single definition. This is similar to the other Greek titles basileus and autokrator, which, along with despot, have been used at various times to describe everything from a local chieftain to a simple ruler, king or emperor.

Definition of despotic in the English dictionary

The definition of despotic in the dictionary is unfair and cruel in the exercise of power.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DESPOTIC


antibiotic
ˌæntɪbaɪˈɒtɪk
apoptotic
ˌæpəpˈtɒtɪk
asymptotic
ˌæsɪmˈtɒtɪk
biotic
baɪˈɒtɪk
chaotic
keɪˈɒtɪk
erotic
ɪˈrɒtɪk
eukaryotic
ˌjuːkærɪˈɒtɪk
exotic
ɪɡˈzɒtɪk
fibrotic
faɪˈbrɒtɪk
hypnotic
hɪpˈnɒtɪk
idiotic
ˌɪdɪˈɒtɪk
narcotic
nɑːˈkɒtɪk
nepotic
nɪˈpɒtɪk
orthotic
ɔːˈθɒtɪk
osmotic
ɒzˈmɒtɪk
patriotic
ˌpeɪtrɪˈɒtɪk
probiotic
ˌprəʊbaɪˈɒtɪk
psychotic
saɪˈkɒtɪk
robotic
rəʊˈbɒtɪk
symbiotic
ˌsɪmbaɪˈɒtɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DESPOTIC

despoil
despoiler
despoiling
despoilment
despoliation
despond
despondence
despondency
despondent
despondently
despondingly
despot
despotat
despotical
despotically
despoticalness
despotism
despotocracy
despumate
despumation

WORDS THAT END LIKE DESPOTIC

abiotic
amniotic
anastomotic
antimycotic
antipsychotic
antithrombotic
aprotic
atherosclerotic
cirrhotic
demotic
homoerotic
mitotic
monozygotic
necrotic
osteoporotic
otic
prokaryotic
thrombotic
xenobiotic
zygotic

Synonyms and antonyms of despotic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DESPOTIC»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «despotic» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of despotic

Translation of «despotic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DESPOTIC

Find out the translation of despotic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of despotic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «despotic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

专制
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

despótica
570 millions of speakers

English

despotic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निरंकुश
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الاستبداد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

деспотическая
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

despótico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সার্বভৌম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

despotique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Despotik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

despotisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

専制的な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

독재
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Despotik
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chuyên chế
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கொடுங்கோல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तिरस्करणीय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

despot
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dispotico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

despotyczny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

деспотична
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

despotic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δεσποτικό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

despotiese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

despotisk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

despotiske
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of despotic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DESPOTIC»

The term «despotic» is regularly used and occupies the 86.185 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DESPOTIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about despotic

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7 QUOTES WITH «DESPOTIC»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word despotic.
1
Tom Clancy
The control of information is something the elite always does, particularly in a despotic form of government. Information, knowledge, is power. If you can control information, you can control people.
2
Oriana Fallaci
Whether it comes from a despotic sovereign or an elected president, from a murderous general or a beloved leader, I see power as an inhuman and hateful phenomenon.
3
Judd Gregg
Recent action in Syria and Palestine also tell us that the awakening voices of democracy in those regions are occurring, and that those in that region are able to pursue it without being stifled by terrorists that are despotic.
4
Judd Gregg
We invaded Iraq to change a totalitarian, despotic regime, and we have been successful there.
5
Frank Herbert
If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain that you will create a despotic government to be your master. The wise despot, therefore, maintains among his subjects a popular sense that they are helpless and ineffectual.
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Robert Dale Owen
And I hereby distinctly and emphatically declare that I consider myself, and earnestly desire to be considered by others, as utterly divested, now and during the rest of my life, of any such rights, the barbarous relics of a feudal, despotic system.
7
Charles de Secondat
There are three species of government: republican, monarchical, and despotic.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DESPOTIC»

Discover the use of despotic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to despotic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Thailand: The Politics of Despotic Paternalism
Originally published: Bangkok: Social Science Association of Thailand, Thai Khadi Institute, Thammasat University, 1979.
Thak Chaloemtiarana, 2007
2
Despotic Dominion: Property Rights in British Settler Societies
Despotic Dominion brings together the work of scholars whosestudy of the evolution of property law in the colonies recognizes thevalue in locating property law and rights within the broader political,economic, and intellectual contexts of ...
John McLaren, A. R. Buck, Nancy E. Wright, 2005
3
Despotic Bodies and Transgressive Bodies: Spanish Culture ...
Raza: Espíritu de Franco (1939–1952) ¿Quién se ha metido en las entrañas de España como Franco hasta el punto de no saber ya si Franco es España o si España es Franco? —Ernesto Giménez Caballero, in Carmen Martín Gaite, Usos  ...
Tatjana Pavlovic, 2012
4
Our Despotic Postal Censorship
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Louis Freeland Post, 2012
5
The Despotic Lady...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
William Edward Norris, 2012
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Population Ecology of Individuals
FREE AND DESPOTIC DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMALS Only individual advantage was considered in this discussion of the evolution of emigration: an individual moves to where its reproductive success is the highest. This is the same principle  ...
Adam Lomnicki, 1988
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National Expansion Under the Constitution; Or, Despotic ...
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Smith Edwin Burritt, 2009
8
The Japanese Macaques
Table 12.1 Frequency of agonistic interactions during feeding in some Japanese macaque populations as compared with those of representative primate species as despotic or egalitarian Dominance Frequency/ feeding Rica) aAt artificial ...
Naofumi Nakagawa, Masayuki Nakamichi, Hideki Sugiura, 2010
9
Miscellaneous documents
Despotic monarchy and the Pope ~Persia..................Despoticmonarchy . . . . . .. Belgium ................Limited monarchy Mexico.../...............Republic . . . . . ... . . . . . . .. Colum'bia . . . . . . “...... do .... . . . . . . . . , , _. Bolivia . . . . do . . . . . . .. Guatemala ...
United States Senate, 1848
10
On Violence: A Reader
not evolve through successive stages, but appeared "fully armed, a master-stroke executed all at once" in the form of the despotic state. All later forms and permutations of the state are merely manifestations of this primordial despotic state.
Bruce B. Lawrence, Aisha Karim, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DESPOTIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term despotic is used in the context of the following news items.
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July 8, 2015: 7/7 and Protective Edge
A cult of death, a racist hatred of Jews, Hindus, Christians and “unbelievers” and the desire to restore a long-vanished, despotic empire ruled by ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»
2
Prevent the rise of a North Korea-style Kurdish dictatorship
... of the Daily Beast described the PYD, the Syrian arm of the PKK, as despotic: “Kobani Kurds are careful with [their] public criticism of the PYD, ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»
3
Turkey's opposition problem
It's the lack of the opposition that paved the way for the Justice and Development Party's (AKP) despotic tendencies. Many commentators ... «Today's Zaman, Jul 15»
4
Australia's Two-Party System Has Failed Us; Here's How We Can Fix It
It was a fair point; the article was an essay written in rage and despair, mainly because there didn't seem to be any alternative to a despotic and ... «Junkee, Jul 15»
5
Propaganda rains in US, bombs rain on Yemen civilians
Because these deaths of innocents are at the hands of the U.S. government and its despotic allies, it is very predictable how they will be ... «Axis of Logic, Jul 15»
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China Increases Internet Control, Citing “National Security”
Already this year there have been myriad new laws and regulations of which this latest development is merely a logical (albeit despotic) ... «The New American, Jul 15»
7
Commodification of education
We would like to rediscover our own free space in which, no matter how despotic our government may be, we would have the stamina to ... «Chandigarh Tribune, Jul 15»
8
'Bravo' for making MPs look like criminals
Well Thats Fantastic: BN is acting like a despotic government already. Isn't there a law against preventing elected members from carrying out ... «Malaysiakini, Jul 15»
9
Carnage from Saudi Bombing, Not the Worst Part
... these deaths of innocents are at the hands of the U.S. government and its despotic allies, it is very predictable how they will be covered in the ... «Kansas City infoZine, Jul 15»
10
Thirtieth June 2015 passed on Sudan without stirring dust
Thus, the Sudanese people are left languishing under the rule of the despotic corrupt regime of the National Congress Party (NCP), ... «Sudan Tribune, Jul 15»

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