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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 dictator has to do with the STYLE of governing-this is a despot who rules absolutely, not in balance with other branches of government!. In simple form, he/she DICTATES the execution of the government and its agencies, and has supreme power in doing so!.