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Terrorist vs Despot - What's the difference?

terrorist | despot |

As nouns the difference between terrorist and despot

is that terrorist is terrorist while despot is despot.

terrorist

English

(wikipedia terrorist)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person, group, or organization that uses violent action, or the threat of violent action, to further political goals.
  • An agent or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the in France.

    • Hyponyms

    * lone wolfer

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or relating to terrorism.

    • Usage notes

    The use of the label "terrorist" is often controversial or subjective, since one person's terrorist may be another's "freedom fighter", and vice versa depending on somebody's personal ideology of beliefs. A cynical definition may be that a terrorist is someone who murders or terrorizes more of those for whom the terrorist is fighting, than his supposed enemies.

    Related terms

    * terror * terrorize * terroristic * terrorism * eco-terrorist English words suffixed with -ist ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==

    Noun

    (nb-noun-m1)
  • (person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle)

    • Related terms

    * (l) ----

    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

    Anagrams

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