despotic Play adjectiveOf or typical of a despot; tyrannical. SYNONYMS absoluteabsolutistanti-democraticarbitraryarrogantautarchicauthoritarianautocraticdictatorialdomineeringdraconianharshhigh-handedilliberalimperiousmercilessmonocraticone-partyoppressiverepressiveruthlesssingle-partysummarytotalitariantyrannicaltyrannousunaccountableunconstitutionaluncontrolledundemocratic
