DESPOTISM

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.

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despotism

Noun

  1. government by a singular authority, either a single person or tight-knit group, which rules with absolute power


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