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despotism
Overview of noun despotism
The noun despotism has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) absolutism, tyranny, despotism -- (dominance through threat of punishment and violence)
2. dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny -- (a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.))
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun despotism
2 senses of despotism
Sense 1
absolutism, tyranny, despotism
=> dominance, ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency, control
=> condition, status
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny
=> autocracy, autarchy
=> political system, form of government
=> social group
=> group, grouping
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun despotism
1 of 2 senses of despotism
Sense 2
dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny
=> police state
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun despotism
2 senses of despotism
Sense 1
absolutism, tyranny, despotism
=> dominance, ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency, control
Sense 2
dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny
=> autocracy, autarchy
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Attributes of noun despotism
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Familiarity of noun despotism
despotism used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun despotism
2 senses of despotism
Sense 1
absolutism, tyranny, despotism
> dominance, ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency, control
=> ascendant, ascendent
=> domination, mastery, supremacy
=> predominance, predomination, prepotency
=> dominion, rule
=> regulation
=> absolutism, tyranny, despotism
=> monopoly
Sense 2
dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny
> autocracy, autarchy
=> monarchy
=> dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny
Meronyms of noun despotism
2 senses of despotism
Sense 2
dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny
=> autocracy, autarchy
=> political system, form of government
HAS MEMBER: party, political party
HAS MEMBER: political unit, political entity
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Grep of noun despotism
despotism
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