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v. t.
To act the despot.
superl.
Not arbitrary or despotic; assuring liberty; defending individual rights against encroachment by any person or class; instituted by a free people; -- said of a government, institutions, etc.
superl.
Not under an arbitrary or despotic government; subject only to fixed laws regularly and fairly administered, and defended by them from encroachments upon natural or acquired rights; enjoying political liberty.
a.
Alt. of Despotical
n.
The station or government of a despot; also, the domain of a despot.
n.
The power, spirit, or principles of a despot; absolute control over others; tyrannical sway; tyranny.
n.
The governor of a province in ancient Persia; hence, a petty autocrat despot.
v. i.
To play the lord; to domineer; to rule with arbitrary or despotic sway; -- sometimes with over; and sometimes with it in the manner of a transitive verb.
a.
Unmoved by appeals for sympathy or forgiveness; insensible to the distresses of others; destitute of tenderness; unrelenting; unyielding; unpitying; as, a prey to relentless despotism.
n.
The government or authority of a tyrant; a country governed by an absolute ruler; hence, arbitrary or despotic exercise of power; exercise of power over subjects and others with a rigor not authorized by law or justice, or not requisite for the purposes of government.
n.
Figuratively applied to one who wields great or despotic power.
n.
A supporter of despotism.
n.
The philosophical system of Thomas Hobbes, an English materialist (1588-1679); esp., his political theory that the most perfect form of civil government is an absolute monarchy with despotic control over everything relating to law, morals, and religion.
n.
One who rules regardless of a constitution or laws; a tyrant.
a.
Having the character of, or pertaining to, a despot; absolute in power; possessing and abusing unlimited power; evincing despotism; tyrannical; arbitrary.
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Of or pertaining to a tyrant; suiting a tyrant; unjustly severe in government; absolute; imperious; despotic; cruel; arbitrary; as, a tyrannical prince; a tyrannical master; tyrannical government.
n.
A government which is directed by a despot; a despotic monarchy; absolutism; autocracy.
a.
Tyrannical; arbitrary; unjustly severe; despotic.
n.
The act of overturning, or the state of being overturned; entire overthrow; an overthrow from the foundation; utter ruin; destruction; as, the subversion of a government; the subversion of despotic power; the subversion of the constitution.
n.
A master; a lord; especially, an absolute or irresponsible ruler or sovereign.
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