Vocab Bloom Hub

despotic

/dɪˈspɒt.ɪk/

1 entry

Word connections

adjective

/dɪˈspɒt.ɪk/C1formalpolitical
  • ruОтносящийся к деспоту или характерный для него; осуществляющий власть жестоким, угнетающим или тираническим образом.

Relating to or characteristic of a despot; exercising power in a cruel, oppressive, or tyrannical manner.

  1. Tyrannical or oppressiveC1formal

    Relating to or characteristic of a despot; exercising absolute power in a cruel or oppressive way.

    ruДеспотичный

    • The despotic ruler suppressed all forms of dissent.
    • Citizens lived in fear under the despotic regime.
    • His despotic leadership style alienated even his closest advisors.

    Synonymsabsolutearbitraryauthoritarianautocraticdictatorialoppressivetotalitariantyrannical

    Antonymsbenevolentdemocraticfairjustlenientliberalmercifultolerant

Forms
  • more despotic comparative form
  • most despotic superlative form
Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

Inherited terms

Vocabulary data from the Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset (CC BY 4.0), https://huggingface.co/datasets/Fristail27/vocab-bloom-hub-en

Source link

All listed licenses apply

Generated by language models and not human-verified: definitions, examples, levels and translations may contain errors.