Definition of Despotic

associated with or typical of a tyrant

Examples of Despotic in a sentence

Many employees have resigned in order to escape the rule of their despotic manager.  🔊

Under orders from the despotic ruler, citizens were denied the freedom of speech.  🔊

The despotic judge is referred to as the “hanging judge” because he gives extremely harsh sentences.  🔊

After ten years under the tyranny of the despotic ruler, the people rebelled and voted in favor of a democratic government.  🔊

The despotic emperor stripped his subjects of their most valuable possessions.  🔊

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