Synonyms

despotisms

[des-puh-tiz-uhm]

des·pot·ism

[des-puh-tiz-uhm]
noun
1.
the rule of a despot; the exercise of absolute authority.
2.
absolute power or control; tyranny.
3.
an absolute or autocratic government.
4.
a country ruled by a despot.

Origin:
1720–30; < French despotisme. See despot, -ism
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Despotisms is always a great word to know.
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a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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