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Dominative vs Despotic - What's the difference?

dominative | despotic |

As adjectives the difference between dominative and despotic

is that dominative is exhibiting or pertaining to domination while despotic is of or pertaining to a despot or tyrant.

dominative

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Exhibiting or pertaining to domination.
  • * 1969 , Lois N. Nelson, The nature of teaching: a collection of readings
    • A sustained dominative pattern was consistently disliked by pupils, reduced their ability to recall, later on, the material studied, and produced disruptive anxiety as indicated by galvanic skin response and changes in the heartbeat rates.

    despotic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * despotick

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to a despot or tyrant.
    • This despotic age of the empire ended in a revolt.
  • Acting or ruling as a despot, tyrannical.
    • The despotic king dissolved the parliament, and took personal control of the country.

    Synonyms

    * (acting or ruling as a despot) domineering, tyrannical

    Related terms

    * despot * despotate * despotical * despotically * despotism * despotist * despotize