DESPOTISM


Meaning of DESPOTISM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈdes-pə-ˌti-zəm ]

noun

Date: circa 1727

1.

a. : rule by a despot

b. : despotic exercise of power

2.

a. : a system of government in which the ruler has unlimited power : absolutism

b. : a despotic state

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.