DESPOTISM

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

Mnemonics for despotism

(Tag: ) Despo+ tism (Nazism), now Nazism reminds you of Hitler who was a dictator, a tyrannical ruler
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(Tag: ) desp+otism from desp relate it to desparate so a desparate person is one who in desperation to power can do watever he likes
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(Tag: ) Despo==desperate >>> our politicians are very desperate about ruling some or the other part of the country... some of them are so tyrannical that they seem to run their dictatorship in their ruling state.. eg. condition in Bihar
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