单词：despotism
音标：['despәtizәm] ；
n. 独裁, 专制, 专制政治
[法] 专制政体, 专制政治
[法] 专制政体, 专制政治
n dominance through threat of punishment and violence
n a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
n a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
词型变化：名词复数形式 : despotisms
考试类型：[GRE]
考试类型：[GRE]
词性分布：
despotism的用法和样例：
例句
用作名词(n.)
- A large proportion of the best citizen hate his despotism.一大部分最好的公民都痛恨他的专制君主统治。
- The despotism was toppled.暴政被推翻了。
经典引文
The simplest form of government is despotism, where all the inferior orbs of government are moved merely by the will of the Supreme.
出自：Burke
【近义词】
- tyranny暴政
- dictatorship专政
- oppression压抑
- absoluteness绝对性
- absolutism专制主义
- authoritarianism权力主义
- autocracy独裁政治
- repression抑制
- Stalinism斯大林主义
- one-man rule独裁统治
- Caesarism君主政治
- monocracy独裁政治
- shogunate将军职位
- totalitarianism极权主义