despotic
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Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Francisco Franco had heir faces on stamps, currency, and coins during their respective despotic reigns.
From Slate • Dec. 20, 2025
Far from being despotic, Louis sought to be a constitutional monarch, with representative institutions that could mobilize consent and resources behind state policy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
Chimpanzees comfort each other when in distress, despite typically being referred to as "violent" and "despotic" when compared to other apes.
From BBC • Apr. 26, 2025
“I do think it resonates in this moment,” said Vitaliy Azhnov, a 29-year-old Ukrainian stage and screen actor who turns in a slinkily malevolent portrayal of Rome’s despotic third emperor.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2022
Now I never had, as the reader knows, either given any formal promise or entered into any engagement; and this language was all much too hard and much too despotic for the occasion.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Vocabulary lists containing despotic
The Scarlet Letter
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Grade 11, List 6
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"Shooting an Elephant" by George Orwell
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