Definition of despotisms

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • despotisms is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 15
  • despotisms is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 15
  • despotisms is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 17

Definition of despotisms


  • a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. absolutism
    2. authoritarianism
    3. caesarism
    4. dictatorship
    5. monocracy
    6. one-man rule
    7. shogunate
    8. stalinism
    9. totalitarianism
    10. tyranny
  • dominance through threat of punishment and violence (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. absolutism
    2. tyranny

See definition of despotisms in Merriam Webster