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despotic
adjective as in dictatorial
Example Sentences
Fellow pupils remember him having an obsession with despotic figures including Genghis Khan and Adolf Hitler.
But I continue to believe that there are more Americans who wish to preserve our democratic principles than abandon them for some sort of kleptocratic and despotic theocracy.
In reality they were abandoned to poverty under the rule of despotic local leaders.
Trump can’t do all the things that have enabled him to thrive as a despotic grifter his entire life.
There's no question that Hamas’ intentions toward Jews are genocidal and nihilistic, and that it's a despotic, destructive force for the Palestinians under its rule.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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