English-Danish translations for despotism

• despoti
  Det er ikke demokrati, det er despoti. This is not democracy, this is despotism.
  EU bør generelt ikke opføre sig despotisk. The European Union should not, as a general rule, employ despotism.
• despotisme
  Med det kan blive til oplyst despotisme. However, it can become an enlightened despotism.
  For nogle år siden skrev hr. Padoa-Schioppa, euroens fader, et stykke i en fransk avis, og hovedtesen var, at den europæiske integration i højere grad skyldes oplyst despotisme end demokrati. Some years ago, Mr Padoa-Schioppa, the father of the euro, wrote a piece in a French journal, the gist of which was that European integration stems more from enlightened despotism than from democracy.
• enevælde
  Denne opgave skal løses gennem inddragelse af borgerne og hensyntagen til deres meninger, uden »oplyst enevælde« i bevidstheden om, at de kan bidrage med mange elementer. And we want to involve the citizens in it, gathering their opinions and avoiding 'enlightened despotism' , aware that they can make a major contribution.

Definition of despotism

• government by a singular authority, either a single person or tight-knit group, which rules with absolute power, especially in a cruel and oppressive way

Related words

• despotic
• despotically
• despoticalness
• adespotic