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despotyczny — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • authoritarian adj Demanding strict obedience and control, at the expense of individual freedom.
  • despotic adj Of or pertaining to a despot or tyrant.
  • domineering adj Behaving in an overbearing, controlling way toward other people.
  • peremptory adj Precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal.

Senses

despotyczny is used for these senses in English:

  • authoritarian Demanding obedience to authority; marked by authoritarianism; dictatorial, tyrannical.
  • domineering Overbearing, dictatorial or authoritarian.
  • peremptory Accepting no refusal or disagreement; imperious, dictatorial.

authoritarian — full definition

  1. adj Demanding strict obedience and control, at the expense of individual freedom.
  2. noun A person who demands total obedience or a leader who rules with strict control.

despotic — full definition

  1. adj Of or pertaining to a despot or tyrant.
  2. adj Acting or ruling as a despot, tyrannical.

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