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 despotism ['despәtizәm]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 独裁, 专制, 专制政治

[法] 专制政体, 专制政治


  1. The people resist despotism.
    人民反对专制。
  2. The despotism was toppled.
    暴政被推翻了。
  3. Despotism was at its height towards the end of his reign.
    在他统治的最後阶段专制达到了顶峰。


despotism
[ noun ]
  1. dominance through threat of punishment and violence

  2. <noun.state>
  3. a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

  4. <noun.group>


Despotism \Des"po*tism\, n. [Cf. F. despotisme.]
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.

  1. After nearly three decades of tyrannical rule by the Duvalier family, and a tradition of despotism, the country is experiencing the traumas inherent in long-overdue political, economic and social changes.
  2. Does the new left really regard benevolent despotism as the last best hope? There is a more practical reservation.
  3. It is equally important for countries particularly in Africa and Latin America trying to escape communist or fascist despotism.
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