What is another word for despot?

Pronunciation: [dˈɛspɒt] (IPA)

Despot is a word that refers to a ruler who has absolute power and typically exercises it in a cruel or oppressive manner. There are several synonyms for the word despot, including tyrant, dictator, autocrat, and oppressor. A tyrant is a ruler who exercises power in an arbitrary and oppressive manner, while a dictator is a ruler who has complete control over a country and often suppresses dissent. An autocrat is a ruler who has absolute power and exercises it with little regard for the opinions or interests of others. The word oppressor refers to someone who treats others harshly and unjustly, often by exercising their power over them.

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What are the hypernyms for Despot?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Despot

A democratic despotism is obviously more dangerous to property than any other, inasmuch as the despot is, in this case, more insatiable, and his rapacity is so easily hid and even sanctified under the general considerations of humanity that always mingle with it.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
People felt the hand of the despot pressing back upon them everywhere, and they felt it with a most natural and righteous recoil.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
Mrs. Hilbery exclaimed, "what a wicked old despot you were, in your day!
"Night and Day"
Virginia Woolf

Famous quotes with Despot

  • Be assured, fellow citizens, that in a democracy it is the laws that guard the person of the citizen and the constitution of the state, whereas the despot and the oligarch find their protection in suspicion and in armed guards.
    Aeschines
  • Neither a life of anarchy nor one beneath a despot should you praise; to all that lies in the middle a god has given excellence.
    Aeschylus
  • Idealism is the despot of thought, just as politics is the despot of will.
    Mikhail Bakunin
  • Our nation and those of the developed world must offer our own resistance to despot leaders who seek to commit murder on the basis of religion or race.
    Tim Bishop
  • Here Fashion is a despot, and no one dreams of evading its dictates.
    Marguerite Gardiner

Related words: imperial despot, authoritarian despot, communist despot, democratic despot, clinton despots, ottoman despot

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