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Despot, absolute ruler, unrestricted by any legal or constitutional process. In modern usage, the word carries connotations of cruel and oppressive...

Stalin, Joseph : The Despot

After Lenin's death Stalin joined in a troika with Grigory Zinovyev and Kamenev to lead the country. With these temporary allies, Stalin acted...

Enlightenment, Age of

Enlightenment, Age of (THE BETTMANN ARCHIVE)

During the first half of the 18th century, the philosophes waged an uphill struggle against imprisonment, censorship, and attacks by the Church....

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- powerful ruler: a tyrant or ruler with absolute powers
- tyrannical person: somebody who behaves in a tyrannical way towards other people
- Roman, Byzantine, or Ottoman ruler: a minor emperor or prince of the later Roman, Byzantine, or Ottoman empires

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	Advertisement Windows Live® Search Results Despot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Despot may refer to: tzar; Despot (court title), a Byzantine court title; Despotism, a form of government where power is concentrated in the hands of an individual or a small group Despotism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Despotism is a form of government by a single authority, either an individual or tightly knit group, which rules with absolute political power. In its classical form, a despotism ... AskOxford: despot despot / des pot/ • noun a ruler with absolute power, especially one who exercises it in a cruel or oppressive way. — DERIVATIVES despotic adjective despotism noun. See all search results in Windows Live® Search Results

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