Definition of "despotic" []

• Of or pertaining to a despot or tyrant. (adjective)
• Acting or ruling as a despot, tyrannical. (adjective)

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• "The US is approaching what I call despotic, with police carrying out absolutisic policy in the streets among our children."
• "I understand that to be an A level history student you need to have a wide grasp of specialised vocabulary but can i realy be blamed for never hearing the word despotic before?"
• "What must these men think today, these men like Benes and Masaryk who had seen their nation freed from those who held it in despotic control and given an opportunity to become a first rate democratic power."