Antonyms for despotism
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : des-puh-tiz-uh m |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛs pəˌtɪz əm |
Definition of despotism
Origin :- mid-18c., from French despotisme; see despot + -ism.
- All education is despotism. [William Godwin, "Enquirer," 1797]
- noun absolute power
- Whoever rejects it does of necessity fly to anarchy or to despotism.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- A bondman's change from the tyranny of another to the despotism of himself.
- Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
- The chief of a nation that prefers the pestilence of despotism to the plague of anarchy.
- Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
- This kind of despotism was first attacked when the slaves found spokesmen.
- Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
- Yet even the Will of Omnipotence is subject to the despotism of causation.
- Extract from : « Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics » by William Thomas Thornton
- None the less have we to reckon with the despotism of the male side of life.
- Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
- Climate is clearly a despotism which we can never hope to reform away.
- Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford
- Despotism is still the fate of the greatest part of mankind.
- Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford
- It will be soon the choice between a Despotism or a Republic.
- Extract from : « Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II (of II) » by Edmund Downey
- The merciless suspicion of despotism had spoken openly at last.
- Extract from : « Under Western Eyes » by Joseph Conrad
Synonyms for despotism
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