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despotism
(encz) | despotism,despotizmus Martin M. |
despotism
(encz) | despotism,tyranie Martin M. |
Despotism
(gcide) | Despotism \Des"po*tism\, n. [Cf. F. despotisme.]
1. The power, spirit, or principles of a despot; absolute
control over others; tyrannical sway; tyranny. "The
despotism of vice." --Byron.
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2. A government which is directed by a despot; a despotic
monarchy; absolutism; autocracy.
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Despotism . . . is the only form of government which
may with safety to itself neglect the education of
its infant poor. --Bp. Horsley.
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despotism
(wn) | despotism
n 1: dominance through threat of punishment and violence [syn:
absolutism, tyranny, despotism]
2: a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute
dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or
opposition etc.) [syn: dictatorship, absolutism,
authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy,
one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism,
tyranny] |
DESPOTISM
(bouvier) | DESPOTISM, government. That abuse of government, where the sovereign power
is not divided, but united in the hands of a single man, whatever may be his
official title. It is not, properly, a form of government. Toull. Dr. Civ.
Fr. tit. prel. n. 32; Rutherf Inst. b. 1, c. 20, Sec. 1. Vide Tyranny;
Tyrant.
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Despotism
(gcide) | Despotism \Des"po*tism\, n. [Cf. F. despotisme.]
1. The power, spirit, or principles of a despot; absolute
control over others; tyrannical sway; tyranny. "The
despotism of vice." --Byron.
[1913 Webster]
2. A government which is directed by a despot; a despotic
monarchy; absolutism; autocracy.
[1913 Webster]
Despotism . . . is the only form of government which
may with safety to itself neglect the education of
its infant poor. --Bp. Horsley.
[1913 Webster] |
DESPOTISM
(bouvier) | DESPOTISM, government. That abuse of government, where the sovereign power
is not divided, but united in the hands of a single man, whatever may be his
official title. It is not, properly, a form of government. Toull. Dr. Civ.
Fr. tit. prel. n. 32; Rutherf Inst. b. 1, c. 20, Sec. 1. Vide Tyranny;
Tyrant.
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