adjective
- exercising absolute power in a cruel or oppressive way
Examples
- The despotic ruler banned all forms of free speech.
- His despotic management style made employees afraid to voice their opinions.
- The country suffered under decades of despotic government.
- She complained about her father’s despotic control over the family.
- The despotic king executed anyone who dared to oppose him.
- Workers organized to protest their boss’s despotic treatment.