名詞 despotism:

1. dominance through threat of punishment and violence
   同義詞：absolutism, tyranny
2. a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
   同義詞：dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny

1. A large proportion of the best citizen hate his despotism.
   一大部分最好的公民都痛恨他的專制君主統(tǒng)治。
2. Despotism was at its height towards the end of his reign.
   在他統(tǒng)治的最後階段專制達(dá)到了頂峰。
3. The despotism was toppled.
   暴政被推翻了。
4. The people resist despotism.
   人民反對專制。

des.pot.ism

n.（名詞）
Rule by or as if by a despot; absolute power or authority.
專制：如同或被專制者統(tǒng)治；絕對權(quán)力或權(quán)威
The actions of a despot; tyranny.
專制統(tǒng)治，暴政：專制者的行為；暴政

A government or political system in which the ruler exercises absolute power:
專制政府：統(tǒng)治者實(shí)施絕對權(quán)力的政府或政治體系：
例句：
.Kerensky has a place in history, of a brief interlude between despotisms.(William Safire)
.克倫斯基為專制統(tǒng)治時期的小插曲在歷史上占有一席之地.(威廉·薩菲爾)

A state so ruled.
專制狀態(tài)