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Full Definition of DESPOTISM. 1. a: rule by a despot b: despotic exercise of power. 2. a: a system of government in which the ruler has unlimited power: absolutism b: a despotic state.
A unitary form of government is one in which political power rests with one central/national government. A confederal form of government in one in which virtually all political power rests with the individual states, and very little with the central/national government.