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[dĕśpə-tĭźəm]
(n.)Rule by or as if by a despot; absolute power or authority.
(n.)The actions of a despot; tyranny.
(n.)A government or political system in which the ruler exercises absolute…
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Despotism is a form of government by a single authority, either an individual ( Despot ), or tightly knit group, which rules with absolute political power. In its classical form, a despotism is a s...
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Measures how a society ranks on a spectrum stretching from democracy to despotism. Explains how societies and nations can be measured by the degree that power... ... Measures how a society ranks on a spectrum stretching from democracy to despotism. Explains how societies and nations can be measured by the degree that power...
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Soft despotism is a term coined by Alexis de Tocqueville describing the state into which a country overrun by "a network of small complicated rules" might degrade. Soft despotism is different from de...
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The concept of despotism is perhaps the least known of that family which includes tyranny, autocracy, absolutism, dictatorship (in its modern usage), and totalitarianism. Although nearly contemporary with; “tyranny,” the concept of despotism has not been as significant in the history of political thought.
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Quotes: "Despotism is unjust to everybody, including the despot, who was probably made for better things." - Oscar Wilde; "There are three kinds of despots. There is the despot who tyrannizes over the body.
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