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# despotic

adjective

«despotic» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Despotic describes a ruler who has total power and uses it cruelly, without asking anyone else. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/despotic/#m1)

### In the lessons

a king or queen who gives orders that must always be obeyed, however unfair.

### Examples

- The despotic king taxed everyone and punished anyone who complained. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/despotic/#x1)
- A despotic ruler does not listen to his people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/despotic/#x2)
- The villagers hated their despotic lord. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/despotic/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «despotic» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/despotic/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«despotic» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/despotic.html) on Mova free.