Synonyms of despotism

despotism

noun

as in tyranny

a system of government in which the ruler has unlimited power

by the end of the 20th century many countries around the world had rejected despotism in favor of democracy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tyranny
• dictatorship
• autocracy
• fascism
• Communism
• authoritarianism
• tsarism
• totalitarianism
• absolutism
• monarchy
• Caesarism
• autarchy
• tzarism
• totalism
• oppression
• monarchism
• czarism
• domination
• Nazism
• monocracy
• Big Brother
• Big Brotherism

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• democracy
• freedom
• self-government
• self-rule
• self-determination
• self-governance
• sovereignty
• autonomy
• sovranty