despotism
英 ['desp?t?z(?)m]
美['d?sp?t?z?m]
- n. 專制，獨(dú)裁；專制政治
英英釋意
- 1. dominance through threat of punishment and violence
- 2. a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)