despotic
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despot (ˈdɛspɒt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | an absolute or tyrannical ruler; autocrat or tyrant |
| 2. | any person in power who acts tyrannically |
| 3. | a title borne by numerous persons of rank in the later Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman Empires: the despot of Servia |
| [C16: from Medieval Latin despota, from Greek despotēs lord, master; related to Latin domus house] | |
| despotic | |
| —adj | |
| des'potical | |
| —adj | |
| des'potically | |
| —adv | |
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Despotic
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Word Origin & History
despotic
1640s, from Fr. despotique (14c.), from Gk. despotikos, from despotes (see despot).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Early in his reign, he sought to distance himself from his father's despotic rule by instituting a number of reforms.
This is hardly maniacal and despotic.
Despotic tendencies and a penchant for lavishness and war are discouraged.
It is often the threat of civil unrest that keeps governments from becoming despotic.
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