despotism

English

despotism (countable and uncountable, plural despotisms)

government by a singular authority, either a single person or tight-knit group, which rules with absolute power, especially in a cruel and oppressive way.

government by a singular authority

Kazakh: деспотизм (despotïzm)
Latin: despotismus m
Macedonian: деспотизам m (despotizam)
Malay: despotisme
Mingrelian: დესპოტიზმი (desṗoṭizmi)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: despoti n

Nynorsk: despoti n
Polish: despotyzm (pl) m
Portuguese: despotismo (pt) m
Punjabi: ਧੱਕੇਸ਼ਾਹੀ (dhakeshāhī)
Romanian: despotism (ro) n
Russian: деспоти́зм (ru) m (despotízm), произво́л (ru) m (proizvól), деспоти́я (ru) f (despotíja)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: деспотѝзам m

Roman: despotìzam (sh) m
Slovak: despotizmus m
Slovene: despotizem m
Spanish: despotismo (es) m
Swedish: despoti n, despotism (sv) n
Thai: ระบบใช้อำนาจเด็ดขาด (rá-bòp chái am-nâat dèt kàat)
Turkish: despotizm (tr)
Ukrainian: деспотизм m (despotýzm)
Uzbek: despotiya (uz)
Volapük: däspot (vo)

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