We are now forming a republican government. Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments.
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Despotism
//ˈdɛspətɪzəm//
Synonyms for "despotism" (47 found)
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Closest matches (10)
Strong matches (14)
Related words (23)
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3 entriesRelated terms
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1 entriesderived
1 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriesTranslations
88 translations across 60 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- despotizëm noun (government by a singular authority)
Arabic
2 entries- اِسْتِبْدَاد noun (government by a singular authority)
- ظُلْم noun (government by a singular authority)
Armenian
2 entries- բռնակալություն noun (government by a singular authority)
- բռնապետություն noun (government by a singular authority)
Asturian
1 entries- despotismu noun (government by a singular authority)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- despotizm noun (government by a singular authority)
- istibdad noun (government by a singular authority)
- zülm noun (government by a singular authority)
Basque
1 entries- despotismo noun (government by a singular authority)
Belarusian
1 entries- дэспаты́зм noun (government by a singular authority)
Bulgarian
1 entries- деспоти́зъм noun (government by a singular authority)
Catalan
1 entries- despotisme noun (government by a singular authority)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 專制 /专制 noun (government by a singular authority)
- 專制主義 /专制主义 noun (government by a singular authority)
- 暴政 noun (government by a singular authority)
- 獨裁 /独裁 noun (government by a singular authority)
Czech
2 entries- despocie noun (government by a singular authority)
- despotismus noun (government by a singular authority)
Danish
1 entries- despoti noun (government by a singular authority)
Dutch
1 entries- despotisme noun (government by a singular authority)
Esperanto
1 entries- despotismo noun (government by a singular authority)
Estonian
1 entries- despotism noun (government by a singular authority)
Finnish
1 entries- itsevaltius noun (government by a singular authority)
French
1 entries- despotisme noun (government by a singular authority)
Galician
1 entries- despotismo noun (government by a singular authority)
Georgian
1 entries- დესპოტიზმი noun (government by a singular authority)
German
3 entries- Despotie noun (government by a singular authority)
- Despotismus noun (government by a singular authority)
- Willkürherrschaft noun (government by a singular authority)
Greek
1 entries- δεσποτισμός noun (government by a singular authority)
Hebrew
1 entries- רוֹדָנוּת noun (government by a singular authority)
Hindi
2 entries- तानाशाही noun (government by a singular authority)
- स्वेच्छाचारिता noun (government by a singular authority)
Hungarian
1 entries- despotizmus noun (government by a singular authority)
Icelandic
1 entries- harðstjórn noun (government by a singular authority)
Ido
1 entries- despoteso noun (government by a singular authority)
Indonesian
2 entries- despotisme noun (government by a singular authority)
- istibdad noun (government by a singular authority)
Irish
3 entries- forlámhas noun (government by a singular authority)
- smachtúlacht noun (government by a singular authority)
- tíorántacht noun (government by a singular authority)
Italian
1 entries- dispotismo noun (government by a singular authority)
Japanese
4 entries- 専制 noun (government by a singular authority)
- 暴政 noun (government by a singular authority)
- 独裁 noun (government by a singular authority)
- 独裁主義 noun (government by a singular authority)
Kazakh
1 entries- деспотизм noun (government by a singular authority)
Korean
3 entries- 독재 noun (government by a singular authority)
- 전제 noun (government by a singular authority)
- 폭정 noun (government by a singular authority)
Latin
1 entries- despotismus noun (government by a singular authority)
Latvian
1 entries- despotisms noun (government by a singular authority)
Lithuanian
1 entries- despotizmas noun (government by a singular authority)
Macedonian
1 entries- деспоти́зам noun (government by a singular authority)
Malay
1 entries- despotisme noun (government by a singular authority)
Mingrelian
1 entries- დესპოტიზმი noun (government by a singular authority)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- istibdad noun (government by a singular authority)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- despoti noun (government by a singular authority)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- despoti noun (government by a singular authority)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- ظلم noun (government by a singular authority)
Persian
2 entries- استبداد noun (government by a singular authority)
- ظلم noun (government by a singular authority)
Polish
1 entries- despotyzm noun (government by a singular authority)
Portuguese
1 entries- despotismo noun (government by a singular authority)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਧੱਕੇਸ਼ਾਹੀ noun (government by a singular authority)
Romanian
1 entries- despotism noun (government by a singular authority)
Russian
3 entries- деспоти́зм noun (government by a singular authority)
- деспоти́я noun (government by a singular authority)
- произво́л noun (government by a singular authority)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- despotìzam noun (government by a singular authority)
- деспотѝзам noun (government by a singular authority)
Slovak
1 entries- despotizmus noun (government by a singular authority)
Slovene
1 entries- despotizem noun (government by a singular authority)
Spanish
1 entries- despotismo noun (government by a singular authority)
Swedish
2 entries- despoti noun (government by a singular authority)
- despotism noun (government by a singular authority)
Tajik
2 entries- зулм noun (government by a singular authority)
- истибдод noun (government by a singular authority)
Thai
1 entries- ระบบใช้อำนาจเด็ดขาด noun (government by a singular authority)
Turkish
2 entries- despotizm noun (government by a singular authority)
- istibdat noun (government by a singular authority)
Ukrainian
1 entries- деспоти́зм noun (government by a singular authority)
Urdu
1 entries- اِسْتِبْدَاد noun (government by a singular authority)
Uzbek
3 entries- despotiya noun (government by a singular authority)
- istibdod noun (government by a singular authority)
- zulm noun (government by a singular authority)
Volapük
1 entries- däspot noun (government by a singular authority)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Property is the right to use & abuse; it engenders despotism.
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It was natural and perhaps human that the privileged princes of these new economic dynasties, thirsting for power, reached out for control over government itself. They created a new despotism and wrapped it in the robes of legal sanction. In its service new mercenaries sought to regiment the people, their labor, and their property.
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During the reigns of Charles II., and James, his successor, the principal nobility held frequent meetings in a subterraneous vault beneath this house, for the purpose of ascertaining the measures necessary to be pursued for reestablishing the liberties of the kingdom, which the insidious hypocrisy of one monarch, and the more avowed despotism of the other, had completely undermined and destroyed.
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