The meaning of Despotism

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The holding of absolute principles in political, philosophical, or theological matters.

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Thus papal absolutism and spanish absolutism, secular and ecclesiastical power, grew ever more comp…

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Another term for autocracy.

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Economic independence or self-sufficiency.

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Rural community autarchy is a utopian dream

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→  autocracy

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The enforcement or advocacy of strict obedience to authority at the expense of personal freedom.

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The transparency that was required for the treaty's implementation helped the country's evolution f…

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The belief that people must obey completely and not be allowed freedom to act as they wish

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The party supports authoritarianism over democracy., some people fear the country is sliding toward…

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A system of government by one person with absolute power.

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It is generally customary to consider the doctrine largely in connection with those states which ha…

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Government by a single person or small group that has unlimited power or authority, or a country or society that has this form of government

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An autocratic regime

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Government by a dictator.

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The effects of forty years of dictatorship

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A country ruled by a dictator, or the condition of being so ruled

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[ u ] a flood of refugees fled the brutal dictatorship then existing in that country.

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A system of government by one person only.

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The monocracy located on georgia's black sea coast remains in open confrontation with the georgian …

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Prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or exercise of authority.

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A region shattered by oppression and killing

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A situation in which people are governed in an unfair and cruel way and prevented from having opportunities and freedom

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Every human being has the right to freedom from oppression., war, famine and oppression have forced…

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The action of subduing someone or something by force.

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Students sparked off events that ended in brutal repression

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The use of force or violence to control a group of people

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The political repression in this country is enforced by terror., an attitude of unhealthy sexual re…

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The action of suppressing something such as an activity or publication.

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The heavy-handed suppression of political dissent

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The act of preventing something from being expressed or known

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The suppression of emotions, the suppression of human rights

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A system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.

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Democratic countries were fighting against totalitarianism

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The belief that a government should have total power over its citizens

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Cruel and oppressive government or rule.

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Refugees fleeing tyranny and oppression

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Unlimited authority or use of power, or a government which exercises such power without any control or limits

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American revolutionaries believed the british government was tyrannical., in school, he was the big…