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Autocracy vs Despot - What's the difference?

autocracy | despot |

As nouns the difference between autocracy and despot

is that autocracy is a form of government in which unlimited power is held by a single individual while despot is despot.

autocracy

English

(wikipedia autocracy)

Noun

(autocracies)
  • A form of government in which unlimited power is held by a single individual.

    • Synonyms

    * bigmanism * despotism * dictatorship * monarchy * tyranny

    Related terms

    * autocrat * autocratic * autocratically

    Hypernyms

    * totalitarianism

    despot

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A ruler with absolute power; a tyrant.
  • (label) A title awarded to senior members of the imperial family in the late Byzantine Empire, and claimed by various independent or semi-autonomous rulers in the Balkans (12th to 15th centuries)

    • Derived terms

    * despotate * despotism

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