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despotic [dɪˈspɒtɪk, Am desˈpɑ:t̬ɪk] ADJ

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He claimed that foreign aid is often harmful because it propped up despotic regimes that might otherwise have collapsed from corruption, failure, or unpopularity.
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This sense of nationality was forged through conflict and was the result of opposition to a despotic governing body.
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He was despotic, tyrannical and suspicious, yet very farsighted, and kept his chiefs as hostages at his court.
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Although he supported the war effort in 1861, he blamed abolitionists for prolonging the war and denounced the government as increasingly despotic.
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The plot of the opera deals with despotic power and social injustice.
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He is a despotic ruler, a tyrant with brains and an uncontrollable temper.
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He reigns with much despotic power, including the ability to make judgments of life and death on his subjects.
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Nobility throughout his empire were largely opposed to his policies on taxes, and his egalitarian and despotic attitudes.
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Endemic warfare and unrest, widespread corruption, and despotic regimes are both causes and effects of the continued economic problems.
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Most of this debt is illegitimate, having been incurred by despotic and unrepresentative regimes.
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