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The power, spirit, or principles of a despot; absolute control over others; tyrannical sway; tyranny.

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  1. n. The power, spirit, or principles of a despot; absolute control over others; tyrannical sway; tyranny.
  2. n. A government which is directed by a despot; a despotic monarchy; absolutism; autocracy.
  3. n. dominance through threat of punishment and violence
  4. n. a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
  5. 1. The power, spirit, or principles of a despot; absolute control over others; tyrannical sway; tyranny. "The despotism of vice." Byron. 2. A government which is directed by a despot; a despotic monarchy; absolutism; autocracy. Despotism . . . is the only form of government which may with safety to itself neglect the education of its infant poor. Bp. Horsley.
  6. n:100 n dominance through threat of punishment and violence n a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)