Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: despotism
IPA transcription: [d'ɛspət,ɪzəm]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: absolutism, tyranny, despotism
    Meaning: dominance through threat of punishment and violence
Usage examples
  • That is the law of despotism; the right of slavery.
  • Thus the vices which despotism engenders are precisely those which equality fosters.
  • Freedom engenders private animosities, but despotism gives birth to general indifference.
  • In our age, freedom cannot be established without it, and despotism itself cannot reign without its support.
  • The despotism of beauty is not a very mild sway, after all; and perhaps the Countess had exercised her rule right royally.
  • Such a scheme, if practicable at all, would instantly degenerate into a military despotism; but it will be found in every light impracticable.
  • When Germany begins to trouble about that Dutchman she will find difficulty in getting the body; but such are the languid ways of an Oriental despotism.
  • Who can predict what effect a despotism, established in Massachusetts, would have upon the liberties of New Hampshire or Rhode Island, of Connecticut or New York?
  • The difficulty of satisfying these various desires at the same time is the primary cause of the despotism of the will, and the appropriation which results from it.
  • Despotism, which is of a very timorous nature, is never more secure of continuance than when it can keep men asunder; and all is influence is commonly exerted for that purpose.