Definitions For Despotism

noun

  • A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
  • Dominance through threat of punishment and violence
  • Rule by a despot

Is Despotisms a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
15
Words with Friends
17

The word Despotism is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Despotism in a Sentence

  • By the end of the 20th century many countries around the world had rejected despotism in favor of democracy

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