What does despotical mean?
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Princeton's WordNet
despotic, despoticaladjective
belonging to or having the characteristics of a despot
Wiktionary
despoticaladjective
Despotic.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Despotical, Despotickadjective
Absolute in power; unlimited in authority; arbitrary; unaccountable.
Etymology: from despot.
God’s universal law
Gave to the man despotick power
Over his female in due awe,
Nor from that right to part an hour,
Smile she or lowre. John Milton, Agonistes.In all its directions of the inferior faculties, reason conveyed its suggestions with clearness, and enjoined them with power: it had the passions in perfect subjection; though its command over them was but persuasive and political, yet it had the force of coactive and despotical. Robert South, Sermons.
We may see in a neighbouring government the ill consequences of having a despotick prince, in a state that is most of it composed of rocks and mountains; for notwithstanding there is vast extent of lands, and many of them better than those of the Swiss and Grisons, the common people among the latter are in a much better situation. Joseph Addison, on Italy.
Patriots were forced to give way to the madness of the people, who, stirred up with the harangues of their orators, were now wholly bent upon single and despotick slavery. Jonathan Swift.
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despotical
Despotical refers to a form of government or leadership where power and control is concentrated in a single leader, often without consent from those being ruled. It characterizes a ruler who exercises absolute power, typically in a cruel and oppressive way, disregarding individual rights or democratic principles.
Webster Dictionary
Despoticaladjective
having the character of, or pertaining to, a despot; absolute in power; possessing and abusing unlimited power; evincing despotism; tyrannical; arbitrary
Etymology: [Gr. despotiko`s: cf. F. despotique.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of despotical in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of despotical in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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