DESPOTIC, DESPOTICAL, adjective 1. Absolute in power; independent of control from men, constitution or laws; arbitrary in the exercise of power; as a despotic prince. 2. Unlimited or unrestrained by constitution, laws or men; absolute; arbitrary; as despotic authority or power. 3. Tyrannical.
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