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despoticadjective exercising power or authority without interference by othersa nation ruled by a series of despotic rulers, each seemingly worse than the last absolute, arbitrary, autocratic(also autocratical), czarist(also tsarist or tzarist), dictatorial, monocratic, tyrannical(also tyrannic), tyrannous authoritarian, jackbooted, oppressive, totalitarianantidemocratic, antirepublicanhigh-handed, magisterialdomineering, imperious, masterfulall-powerful, almighty, omnipotentautonomous, self-governing, self-ruling, sovereign(also sovran)unconditional, unlimited limited circumscribed, restrained, restrictedconstitutional, lawfuldemocratic, republican fond of ordering people aroundthe despotic coach demands that his players obey him without question authoritarian, authoritative, autocratic(also autocratical), bossy, dictatorial, domineering, imperious, masterful, overbearing, peremptory, tyrannical(also tyrannic), tyrannous arrogant, assumptive, disdainful, fastuous, haughty, highfalutin(also hifalutin), high-and-mighty, high-hat, huffy, important, lofty, lordly, overweening, presuming, presumptuous, pretentious, proud, self-asserting, supercilious, superior, toplofty(also toploftical), uppish, uppitycommanding, controlling, dictating, regimentalarbitrary, high-handed, imperialdirectorial, magisterialaggressive, assertive, self-assertiveimperativeconceited, narcissistic, pompous, vainall-powerful, almighty, omnipotentfirm, stern humble, meek, modest, unassumingamenable, docile, obedient, tractableindecisive, irresoluteacquiescent, compliant, passive, resigned, submissive, yielding in 1604 |