Synonyms for despotic
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : dih-spot-ik |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈspɒt ɪk |
Définition of despotic
Origin :- 1640s, from French despotique (14c.), from Greek despotikos, from despotes (see despot). Related: Despotical; despotically.
- adj dictatorial
- Nor have the terms of truce been yet devised, on which the despotic ruler may rely with confidence.
- Extract from : « Hiero » by Xenophon
- What peace can he have with those over whom he exercises his despotic sway?
- Extract from : « Hiero » by Xenophon
- Punishment is ever prompt in this country, and despotic methods prevail.
- Extract from : « Aztec Land » by Maturin M. Ballou
- In all countries custom has much power; but in the East it is despotic.
- Extract from : « Journal of a Residence at Bagdad » by Anthony Groves
- What a rebel against authority you are for one so despotic yourself!
- Extract from : « Barrington » by Charles James Lever
- These monsters ruled France for a time with the most despotic sway.
- Extract from : « Fox's Book of Martyrs » by John Foxe
- The President had condemned this order as illegal and despotic.
- Extract from : « Three Months in the Southern States, April-June 1863 » by Arthur J. L. (Lieut.-Col.) Fremantle
- She was not harsh or despotic, but careless and indifferent.
- Extract from : « Ernest Linwood » by Caroline Lee Hentz
- But these few now do it, not by despotic power, but only by influence; so all may be free.
- Extract from : « The Arena » by Various
- So ended the despotic rule of gentlemen adventurers in the far north.
- Extract from : « Lords of the North » by A. C. Laut
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