[どくさいこっか, dokusaikokka] (n) dictatorship; despotism[Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Despotism \Des"po*tism\, n. [Cf. F. despotisme.]
1. The power, spirit, or principles of a despot; absolute
control over others; tyrannical sway; tyranny. "The
despotism of vice." --Byron.
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2. A government which is directed by a despot; a despotic
monarchy; absolutism; autocracy.
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Despotism . . . is the only form of government which
may with safety to itself neglect the education of
its infant poor. --Bp. Horsley.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
despotism
n 1: dominance through threat of punishment and violence [syn:
{absolutism}, {tyranny}, {despotism}]
2: a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute
dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or
opposition etc.) [syn: {dictatorship}, {absolutism},
{authoritarianism}, {Caesarism}, {despotism}, {monocracy},
{one-man rule}, {shogunate}, {Stalinism}, {totalitarianism},
{tyranny}]
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