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Despot

Noun CEFR B1
ˈdɛs.pɒt

Definitions

  1. A ruler with absolute power; a tyrant.
  2. A title awarded to senior members of the imperial family in the late Byzantine Empire, and claimed by various independent or semi-autonomous rulers in the Balkans (12th to 15th centuries)
    historical

Equivalents

Españoldéspota
Françaisdespote
DeutschDespotDespotinZwingherr
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Examples

“The Red Holocaust is best interpreted in this light⟳ as the bitter fruit of an^([sic]) utopian gambit that was socially misengineered into a dystopic nightmare by despots in humanitarian disguise.”

CEFR level

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Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

despotat despotate despotess Despotic Despotically despoticalness

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