despotism
🇺🇸
/ˈdespətɪzəm/
🇬🇧
/ˈdespətɪzəm/
noun
R
A way of ruling where one person has all the power and uses it in a cruel and unfair way.
People in the country are suffering under the harsh despotism of their leader.
translation
A way of ruling where one person has all the power and uses it in a cruel and unfair way.
Word Forms
Plural
despotisms