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Despotism
is an SAT word you need to know.
So is desperado. Does it mean:
| deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech |
| a bold, reckless criminal or outlaw especially from the Old West |
Example Sentences
- Clever timing can avoid the appearance of despotism.
- The team thus failed to find any evidence of true reproductive despotism among female lions.
- This is different in degree to despotism, but it is not different in kind.
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despotism [(des-puh-tiz-uhm)]Unlimited political rule by one person.
Note: The term usually suggests unscrupulous rule, or tyranny.
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