despotic

«despotic» in Mova's school dictionary: Despotic describes a ruler who has total power and uses… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective

meaning for a pupil

Despotic describes a ruler who has total power and uses it cruelly, without asking anyone else. tree →

sense in the lessons

a king or queen who gives orders that must always be obeyed, however unfair.

examples

• The despotic king taxed everyone and punished anyone who complained. tree →
• A despotic ruler does not listen to his people. tree →
• The villagers hated their despotic lord. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «despotic» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.