despotism

名词 despotism:

1. dominance through threat of punishment and violence
   同义词：absolutism, tyranny
2. a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
   同义词：dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny

1. 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。
2. Despotism was at its height towards the end of his reign.
   在他统治的最後阶段专制达到了顶峰。
3. The despotism was toppled.
   暴政被推翻了。
4. The people resist despotism.
   人民反对专制。

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n.（名词）
Rule by or as if by a despot; absolute power or authority.
专制：如同或被专制者统治；绝对权力或权威
The actions of a despot; tyranny.
专制统治，暴政：专制者的行为；暴政

A government or political system in which the ruler exercises absolute power:
专制政府：统治者实施绝对权力的政府或政治体系：
例句：
.Kerensky has a place in history, of a brief interlude between despotisms.(William Safire)
.克伦斯基为专制统治时期的小插曲在历史上占有一席之地.(威廉·萨菲尔)

A state so ruled.
专制状态