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"sense": "government by a singular authority",
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"word": "ظُلْم"
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"roman": "bṙnapetutʻyun",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "բռնապետություն"
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"sense": "government by a singular authority",
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"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
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"word": "despotismu"
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{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "despotizm"
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{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "zülm"
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{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
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{
"code": "eu",
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"sense": "government by a singular authority",
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{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "despatýzm",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
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"word": "дэспаты́зм"
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"roman": "despotízǎm",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "專制"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhuānzhì",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "专制"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "專制主義"
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "zhuānzhìzhǔyì",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "专制主义"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "獨裁"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dúcái",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "独裁"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bàozhèng",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "暴政"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"tags": [
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"word": "despocie"
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{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
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"sense": "government by a singular authority",
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{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
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{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "despotism"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "itsevaltius"
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"sense": "government by a singular authority",
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{
"code": "gl",
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"sense": "government by a singular authority",
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{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "desṗoṭizmi",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "დესპოტიზმი"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"tags": [
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"word": "Willkürherrschaft"
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{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "despotismós",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "δεσποτισμός"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "rodanút",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"tags": [
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"word": "רוֹדָנוּת"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "tānāśāhī",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"tags": [
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"word": "तानाशाही"
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{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "svecchācāritā",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "स्वेच्छाचारिता"
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{
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"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "despotizmus"
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"code": "is",
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"sense": "government by a singular authority",
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"code": "io",
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"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "despoteso"
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{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "despotisme"
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{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "istibdad"
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "forlámhas"
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "smachtúlacht"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tíorántacht"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dispotismo"
},
{
"alt": "せんせい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sensei",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "専制"
},
{
"alt": "どくさいしゅぎ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "dokusaishugi",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "独裁主義"
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{
"alt": "どくさい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "dokusai",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "独裁"
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{
"alt": "ぼうせい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "bōsei",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "暴政"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "despotizm",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "деспотизм"
},
{
"alt": "專制",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jeonje",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "전제"
},
{
"alt": "獨裁",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "dokjae",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "독재"
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{
"alt": "暴政",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "pokjeong",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "폭정"
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{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "istibdad"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"tags": [
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"word": "despotismus"
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{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
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{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "despotizmas"
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{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "despotízam",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "деспоти́зам"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "despotisme"
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{
"code": "xmf",
"lang": "Mingrelian",
"roman": "desṗoṭizmi",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "დესპოტიზმი"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
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"word": "despoti"
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{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
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{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "estebdâd",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "استبداد"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "zolm",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "ظلم"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "government by a singular authority",
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"code": "pt",
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{
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "dhakkeśāhī",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "ਧੱਕੇਸ਼ਾਹੀ"
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"word": "despotism"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "despotízm",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
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"masculine"
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"word": "деспоти́зм"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "proizvól",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
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"word": "произво́л"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "despotíja",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"tags": [
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"word": "деспоти́я"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
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"word": "деспотѝзам"
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{
"code": "sh",
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{
"code": "sk",
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"word": "despotizmus"
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{
"code": "sl",
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "government by a singular authority",
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "government by a singular authority",
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{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "istibdod",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "истибдод"
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{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "zulm",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "зулм"
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{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "rá-bòp chái am-nâat dèt kàat",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "ระบบใช้อำนาจเด็ดขาด"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "despotizm"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "istibdat"
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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "despotýzm",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
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"word": "деспоти́зм"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "istibdād",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "اِسْتِبْدَاد"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "despotiya"
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{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "istibdod"
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{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
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{
"code": "vo",
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"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "däspot"
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"word": "absolutism"
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{
"word": "autocracy"
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{
"word": "dictatorship"
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{
"word": "tyranny"
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"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "despotizëm"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "istibdād",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "اِسْتِبْدَاد"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ẓulm",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ظُلْم"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "bṙnapetutʻyun",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "բռնապետություն"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "bṙnakalutʻyun",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "բռնակալություն"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "despotismu"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "despotizm"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "zülm"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "istibdad"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "despotismo"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "despatýzm",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дэспаты́зм"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "despotízǎm",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "деспоти́зъм"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "despotisme"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "專制"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhuānzhì",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "专制"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "專制主義"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhuānzhìzhǔyì",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "专制主义"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "獨裁"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dúcái",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "独裁"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bàozhèng",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "暴政"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "despotismus"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "despocie"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "despoti"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "despotisme"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "despotismo"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "despotism"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "itsevaltius"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "despotisme"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "despotismo"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "desṗoṭizmi",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "დესპოტიზმი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Despotie"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Despotismus"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Willkürherrschaft"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "despotismós",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "δεσποτισμός"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "rodanút",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "רוֹדָנוּת"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "tānāśāhī",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "तानाशाही"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "svecchācāritā",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "स्वेच्छाचारिता"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "despotizmus"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "harðstjórn"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "despoteso"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "despotisme"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "istibdad"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "forlámhas"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "smachtúlacht"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tíorántacht"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dispotismo"
},
{
"alt": "せんせい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sensei",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "専制"
},
{
"alt": "どくさいしゅぎ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "dokusaishugi",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "独裁主義"
},
{
"alt": "どくさい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "dokusai",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "独裁"
},
{
"alt": "ぼうせい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "bōsei",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "暴政"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "despotizm",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "деспотизм"
},
{
"alt": "專制",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jeonje",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "전제"
},
{
"alt": "獨裁",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "dokjae",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "독재"
},
{
"alt": "暴政",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "pokjeong",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "폭정"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "istibdad"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "despotismus"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "despotisms"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "despotizmas"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "despotízam",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "деспоти́зам"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "despotisme"
},
{
"code": "xmf",
"lang": "Mingrelian",
"roman": "desṗoṭizmi",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "დესპოტიზმი"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "despoti"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "despoti"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "estebdâd",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "استبداد"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "zolm",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "ظلم"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "despotyzm"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "despotismo"
},
{
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "dhakkeśāhī",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "ਧੱਕੇਸ਼ਾਹੀ"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "despotism"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "despotízm",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "деспоти́зм"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "proizvól",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "произво́л"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "despotíja",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "деспоти́я"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "деспотѝзам"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "despotìzam"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "despotizmus"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "despotizem"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "despotismo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "despoti"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "despotism"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "istibdod",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "истибдод"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "zulm",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "зулм"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "rá-bòp chái am-nâat dèt kàat",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "ระบบใช้อำนาจเด็ดขาด"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "despotizm"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "istibdat"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "despotýzm",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "деспоти́зм"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "istibdād",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "اِسْتِبْدَاد"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "despotiya"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "istibdod"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "zulm"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "government by a singular authority",
"word": "däspot"
}
],
"word": "despotism"
}
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