English-Finnish translations for despotic

• itsevaltainen
  Ja omien toimintasääntöjemme hylkääminen nimenhuutoäänestyksellä on totisesti mielivaltainen ja itsevaltainen teko. And by popular acclamation to discard the rules under which we operate is indeed an act of arbitrary and despotic rule.
  ~ diktaattori
• despoottinen
  Olemme tyytyneet vain todistamaan ainoan valtion kehittymistä, jossa vallitsee laaja despoottinen hallintojärjestelmä kuin pimeällä keskiajalla ikään. All that we have managed is to witness the development of the only country which promotes a despotic regime on a large scale, worthy of the dark Middle Ages.

Definition of despotic

• Of or pertaining to a despot or tyrant
• Acting or ruling as a despot, tyrannical

Examples

• This despotic age of the empire ended in a revolt
• The despotic king dissolved the parliament, and took personal control of the country.

Related words

• despotically
• despoticalness
• adespotic