despotism
/ˈdɛspəˌtɪzəm/
noun
- A system of government or rule in which a single person or group has total power and often uses it cruelly or unfairly.
- The country suffered under decades of despotism before the revolution.
- The company's culture of despotism made employees afraid to share new ideas.
- Many philosophers have written about the dangers of despotism in government.
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