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Noun CEFR B2

ˈdɛspətɪzəm

Definitions

Government by a despot or despots: rule by a singular authority, either a single person or a tight-knit group, which rules with absolute power, especially in a cruel and oppressive way.

countable, uncountable

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العربية استبداد الإستبداد بطش جبروت طغيان ظلم

Azərbaycanca istibdad zülm

Български деспотизъм

Bosanski despotizam despotstvo деспотизам деспотство

Català despotisme

Čeština despocie despotismus

Dansk despoti

Deutsch Despotie Despotismus Willkürherrschaft

Ελληνικά απολυταρχία απολυταρχισμός αυταρχισμός δεσποτισμός τυραννία

Español despotismo

فارسی ظلم

Suomi despotia despotismi itsevaltius

Français despotisme

Gaeilge forlámhas tíorántacht

עברית רודנות

हिन्दी तानाशाही

Hrvatski despotizam despotstvo деспотизам деспотство

Հայերեն բռնակալություն բռնապետություն

Bahasa Indonesia istibdad

Italiano dispotismo

日本語圧制専制暴政独裁独裁主義

ქართული დესპოტიზმი

Қазақша деспотизм

한국어 독재 압제 전제 패도 폭정

Kurdî zulm

Македонски деспотизам

Nederlands despotisme

Polski despotyzm

Português despotismo

Русский деспотизм деспотия произво́л

Slovenčina despotizmus

Српски despotizam despotstvo деспотизам деспотство

Svenska despotism despotvälde envälde

Türkçe despotizm istibdat

Українська деспотизм

اردو استبداد

Oʻzbekcha istibdod

Examples

“The iron hand of despotism has quenched the last spark of liberty; hunted down like a wild beast, I am watching an opportunity to fly my degraded and enslaved country.”

“But now events have proved that I was right because Khrushchev's grandchildren do live in freedom and the great question of our time: can they continue to live in freedom, or will they revert to the old, or a new despotism?”

CEFR level

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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