English-Spanish translations for despotism

despotismoEso no es democracia, es despotismo. This is not democracy, this is despotism. Sin embargo, puede convertirse en despotismo ilustrado. However, it can become an enlightened despotism. Como norma general, la Unión Europea no debe emplear el despotismo. The European Union should not, as a general rule, employ 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

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