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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

despotist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
despo-tist
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A supporter of despotism, or a despotic ruler.

Etymology

From despot + -ist.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

despotists (plural)

Questions

What does despotist mean?
A supporter of despotism, or a despotic ruler.
Where does despotist come from?
From despot + -ist.

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