despotic
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
belonging to or having the characteristics of a despot
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adjective
ruled by or characteristic of a despot
moved from a feudal to a despotic order
Related & opposite
- tyrant derivation
- undemocratic similar to
Sense 3 adjective
characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty
an authoritarian regime
Related & opposite
- potentate derivation
- tyrant derivation
- absolutism derivation
- undemocratic similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | tyrant |
| 1 | pertains to | Related & opposite | tyrant |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | tyrant |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | undemocratic |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | potentate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | tyrant |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | absolutism |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | undemocratic |