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Word | Despot |
a dictator or dictatorial person / a cruel and oppressive dictator / A master / tyrant; harsh, authoritarian ruler / a ruler or other person who holds absolute power, typically one who exercises it in a cruel or oppressive way. / a ruler who has total power and who often uses that power in cruel and unfair ways / a person who has a lot of power over other people, | |
Usage | ⇒ The despot drove the poor people out of the kingdom ⇒ How could a benevolent king turn overnight into a despot? ⇒ He was a successful basketball coach, but many people regarded him as a petty despot. ⇒ History should have taught us that despots , nuclear powers, rogue states et al do not attack strong adversaries; they prey on the weak. ⇒ A country ruled by a line of despot |
Synonyms | tyrant, oppressor, dictator, autocrat, disciplinarian, martinet, totalitarian, czar, absolute ruler, authoritarian, bully, führer, caesar, hard master, oligarch, overlord, stickler, absolute monarch, despotic, duce, |
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