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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.
Democratic republic-a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them. Dictatorship-a form of government in which a ruler or small clique wield absolute power (not restricted by a constitution or laws).onarchy-a government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of a monarch who reigns over a state or territory, usually for life and by hereditary right; the monarch may be either a sole absolute ruler or a sovereign-such as a king, queen or prince-with constitutionally limited authority.