despotism

Other forms of despotism

plural

despotisms·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about despotism

What does despotism mean?

despotism means "dominance through threat of punishment and violence". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in despotism?

despotism has 4 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˈdɛspəˌtɪzəm/.

What is another word for despotism?

Close synonyms include absolutism, tyranny, dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is despotism a common word?

despotism is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with despotism?

23 words rhyme with despotism. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.