Definitionadj. belonging to or having the characteristics of a despot
Last update: July 31, 2016
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Though he ruled a big state he never behaved in a despotic way. [adjective]
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King Otho proved too despotic, and was accordingly expelled, after a reign of thirty years. [adjective]
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One of the freest states in the world, they encouraged a despotic misrule in which falsely called free citizens were enslaved. [adjective]
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The motives in all these cases are so excellent that, however despotic governments may be, they could hardly punish them openly. [adjective]
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He was, in truth, their ruler; and, so long as he could maintain his popularity, no monarch could be more despotic, especially while the tribe continued in a hostile country. [adjective]
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"Hitherto, we have confined ourselves to pointing out and combating the despotic features of property, by considering property alone." [adjective]
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It is true that there is nowhere in Europe a government so despotic and so closely allied with the ruling Church. [adjective]
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And if goods are property, why should not the proprietors be kings, and despotic kings--kings in proportion to their _facultes bonitaires_. [adjective]
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As soon as the strongest, in the comparison of merits, was decided to be the best, the oldest had to abandon his position, and royalty became despotic. [adjective]
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