Despotism
Vocabulary Web
Definition
An absolute or autocratic* government---an absolute government is an absolute monarchy
*autocrat-a person invested with or claiming to excersize absolute authority
Synonyms
dictatorship, tyranny, autocracy, absolutism, authoritarianism
Antonyms
democracy, self governance, self government, freedom, sovereignty
Sentence
"...to reduce them under absolute despotism, is their right..." pg #7, Declaration of Independence 1776
Example Sentence
The government of england was a despotism and the king was an autocrat,
PARTS OF ANALYSIS
Word Families
Despot, Despotic, Despotism, Despoticaly
Origin
despotism-mid 18c., from France------despotisme; see despot+-ism
Part of Speech
----noun---- it is a type of government