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despotism of [someone/something]
The despotism of the regime caused widespread suffering.
该政权的独裁统治造成了广泛的苦难。
专制统治；暴政
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专制统治；暴政
Government by an absolute ruler or ruling group, especially one that rules cruelly or oppressively.
The despotism of the regime caused widespread suffering.
该政权的独裁统治造成了广泛的苦难。
专制统治；暴政；独裁
Government by a despot or despots: rule by a singular authority, either a single person or a tight-knit group, which rules with absolute power, especially in a cruel and oppressive way.
通过惩罚和暴力威胁进行统治
dominance through threat of punishment and violence
一种政府形式,统治者是绝对独裁者(不受宪法、法律或反对派等限制)
a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
Despotism often leads to widespread suffering among the people.
独裁统治常常导致人民普遍遭受苦难。
The citizens rose up to overthrow the despotism of the monarchy.
公民们起义推翻君主制的独裁统治。
Many intellectuals fled the country to escape despotism.
许多知识分子逃离国家以躲避独裁统治。
The despotism of the regime caused widespread suffering.
该政权的独裁统治造成了广泛的苦难。
The uprising aimed to overthrow the despotism.
起义旨在推翻独裁统治。
He ruled with despotism for decades.
他以专制方式统治了几十年。
Not this
The ruler despotism the country.
Use this
The ruler practices despotism over the country.
Despotism是名词，不能用作动词；表示实施专制统治应用动词短语如'practice despotism'。
Not this
He is a despotism dictator.
Use this
He is a despotic dictator.
Despotism是名词，不能修饰名词；表示专制的形容词是'despotic'。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
开明专制（指18世纪受启蒙思想影响的绝对君主制）
Some historians describe Frederick the Great as a practitioner of enlightened despotism.
一些历史学家将腓特烈大帝描述为开明专制的践行者。
绝对专制统治
The revolution was a response to the absolute despotism of the monarchy.
这场革命是对君主绝对专制统治的回应。
东方专制主义（关于亚洲专制政体的理论）
The book examines the concept of oriental despotism in Western political thought.
这本书考察了西方政治思想中的东方专制主义概念。
多数人的专制（指民主制度中多数派对少数的压迫）
Tocqueville warned against the despotism of the majority in a democracy.
托克维尔警告过民主制度中多数人的专制。
摆脱专制统治的桎梏
The people rose up to throw off the yoke of despotism.
人民奋起摆脱专制统治的桎梏。
专制统治在与未开化民族打交道时是一种合法的统治方式，只要其目的是改善他们。
From John Stuart Mill's On Liberty (1859), this sentence expresses the idea that despotism is justified only in cases where a society has not yet developed the capacity for self-rule.
这句话出自约翰·斯图尔特·密尔1859年的《论自由》，表达了这样一种观点：只有当某个社会尚未发展出自治能力时，专制统治才具有正当性。
习俗的专制无处不在，是人类进步的长期障碍。
Also from On Liberty, this phrase warns that the pressure of social custom can be as oppressive as political despotism, stifling individuality and progress.
这句话同样出自《论自由》，它警告说，社会习俗的压力可能与政治专制一样压抑，扼杀个性与进步。
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despotism = despot（专制暴君）+ ism（主义），即“暴君主义”→ 专制统治、暴政。
语域：formal 常见场景：政治评论、历史论述、学术写作 despotism 是正式用词，多用于政治、历史或学术讨论中；日常口语中较少见，通常可改用 dictatorship 等更常用词。
按本列表标注的读音，nepotism 和 baptism 与 despotism 同韵（均以重读的 /ˌtɪzəm/ 结尾）。autism 拼写相似，但读 /ˈɔːtɪzəm/，其中 -tism 不重读，因此不押韵；criticism 和 organism 仅共享 -ism 后缀，结尾读音分别为 /sɪzəm/ 和 /nɪzəm/，也与 despotism 不同。
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