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Despotic meaning

  1. Of or pertaining to a despot or tyrant.
  2. Acting or ruling as a despot, tyrannical.

Using Despotic

  • The main meaning on this page is: Of or pertaining to a despot or tyrant. | Acting or ruling as a despot, tyrannical.
  • Useful related words include: undemocratic, despotical, dictator, potentate.
  • In the example corpus, despotic often appears in combinations such as: and despotic, the despotic, of despotic.

Context around Despotic

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 9 middle, 9 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Despotic

  • In this selection, "despotic" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, corrupt, essential, email, nature, authoritarian and power stand out and add context to how "despotic" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include as the despotic dispatcher in and best a despotic one. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "despotic" sits close to words such as absolve, acceptability and acetic, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with despotic

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Yanukovych was corrupt, despotic and beholden to Moscow. (8 words)

The world has failed to rid itself of despotic administrations. (10 words)

In other words, he imposed his despotic power by fulfilling his vows. (12 words)

The problem is that in despotic totalitarian dictatorship there is nobody who can say "hey CCP wait a second this is a complete lie" That would mean jail in best case, worst case nobody will ever see this person again. (40 words)

If you look at China today, and what we point out there is that there are so many continuities in Chinese history in the relationship between the state and the society and the very despotic nature of political authority. (39 words)

Then, to make matters worse, they were saddled with a succession of despotic leaders, like Papa Doc and his son Baby Doc, who imitated the French Monarchs of yore both in their ostentatious lifestyle and their cruelty. (37 words)

How about role of the Venice despotic Corporate regime in that fall of Const.? (14 words)

Example sentences (20)

Authors like offer powerful examples of the monumental efforts, and despotic authoritarian regimes that would be necessary to implement and maintain it.

In other words, he imposed his despotic power by fulfilling his vows.

The disenfranchised speaker sees refuge in the despotic dictator; while leftist counterpart cement middle managerial hierarchies whereby everyone is classified yet nobody is truly individual.

Which was awkward, since Mr Akbari happened to be a former Deputy Minister in the Islamist theocracy's notoriously corrupt and despotic government.

Yanukovych was corrupt, despotic and beholden to Moscow.

It also followed not long after international research confirmed the essential despotic nature of the Chinese Communist Party by assessing that China has the most draconian internet restrictions in the world.

It would signal America’s determination to come to the defense of embattled allies without fear of their despotic foes.

After Stryfe disbanded the MLF, it was reformed by the despotic Reignfire.

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If you look at China today, and what we point out there is that there are so many continuities in Chinese history in the relationship between the state and the society and the very despotic nature of political authority.

In essence, any democratic dispensation that moves to disengage the opposition by whatever means is at best a despotic one.

Then, to make matters worse, they were saddled with a succession of despotic leaders, like Papa Doc and his son Baby Doc, who imitated the French Monarchs of yore both in their ostentatious lifestyle and their cruelty.

The problem is that in despotic totalitarian dictatorship there is nobody who can say "hey CCP wait a second this is a complete lie" That would mean jail in best case, worst case nobody will ever see this person again.

Ben Ali could still claim that he was, relative to his despotic peers, more benevolent.

Both Mandelson and Andrew for some reason agreed in 2009 to attend the 30th birthday party of Goga Ashkenazi, socialite mistress of despotic president Nursultan Nazarbayev’s son-in-law Timur Kulibayev.

Email “'Despotic' Assange insulted staff and smeared faeces on embassy walls, Ecuadorian president claims”.

How about role of the Venice despotic Corporate regime in that fall of Const.?

In 1981, a weakening economy led the country’s leftist party to attempt a coup against Jawara’s government, accusing politicians of being “corrupt, tribalistic and despotic”.

The country cannot continue to benefit from what was thought to be the evil of a despotic regime.

The world has failed to rid itself of despotic administrations.

DeVito, who won an Emmy for his turn as the despotic dispatcher in “Taxi” in the late 1970s and early 1980s, currently stars in the hit television comedy “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”.

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Common combinations with despotic

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "despotic" in a sentence?
An example: "Authors like offer powerful examples of the monumental efforts, and despotic authoritarian regimes that would be necessary to implement and maintain it." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "despotic" from authentic English texts.
What does "despotic" mean?
Despotic means: Of or pertaining to a despot or tyrant.
What are synonyms of "despotic"?
Common synonyms of "despotic" include: undemocratic, despotical, dictator, potentate, authoritarian, autocratic, dictatorial, tyrannical.
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