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" (62 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Adjective(1 words)
authoritarian rule
Strong matches (18)
Adjective(3 words)
autocratic regimedominant authority over studentsgerman autokratie
Noun(6 words)
Related words (31)
high handiron bootiron handiron heelkaiserismmonarchymonocracyone-man ruleone-party ruleoppressionpaternalismreign of terrorrepressionseveritystalinismsuppressionterrorismthought controltotalitarianismtyranny
Noun(11 words)
monarchical systemmonocracyone-man ruleoppressionshogunatestalinismtotalitarianismtyrannical ruletyranniestyrannizingtzarist
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More general
13 entriesascendanceascendancyascendenceascendencyautarchyautocracycontroldominanceform of governmentoppression in governancepolitical oppressionpolitical systemsystem of governance
More specific
7 entriesabsolute authorityabsolute monarchyautocratic regimedespotic regimemilitary dictatorshippersonal ruletyrannical power
Collocations
5 entriesabsolute despotismconstitutional despotismdespotic regimeeconomic despotismpolitical despotism
Inflections
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2 entriesSample 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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