despotically
Like a tyrant
In the manner of a despot—with absolute, often tyrannical authority.
Someone who rules despotically brooks no opposition and answers to no one: The chairman ran the committee despotically, silencing all dissent.
The word implies not just total control but its harsh exercise.
In oppressive, absolute manner
- dictatoriallyIn domineering manner
- autocraticallyIn absolute-ruler fashion
- absolutismUnrestricted governmental authority
- iron-fistedHarshly authoritarian in control
undemocratically · monarchically · imperiously · high-handedly · arbitrarily · unaccountably · centralized · dictatorship
In a crushing manner
- repressivelyIn suppressing, controlling manner
- domineeringlyIn an overbearing manner
- overbearinglyIn an oppressively forceful way
- heavy-handedlyIn forceful, unsubtle manner
coercively · abusively · demandingly · unjustly · intolerantly · unrelentingly · commandingly · bossily
In a cruel manner
- ruthlesslyWithout pity or compassion
- mercilesslyWithout pity or restraint
- pitilesslyWithout compassion or remorse
- heartlesslyWithout empathy or care
savagely · viciously · inhumanely · callously · sadistically · barbarically · cold-bloodedly · remorselessly
tyrannically
In oppressive, absolute manner
- dictatoriallyIn domineering manner
- autocraticallyIn absolute-ruler fashion
- absolutismUnrestricted governmental authority
iron-fisted · undemocratically · monarchically · imperiously · high-handedly · arbitrarily · unaccountably · centralized · dictatorship · monocracy
oppressively
In a crushing manner
- repressivelyIn suppressing, controlling manner
- domineeringlyIn an overbearing manner
- overbearinglyIn an oppressively forceful way
heavy-handedly · coercively · abusively · demandingly · unjustly · intolerantly · unrelentingly · commandingly · bossily
brutally
In a cruel manner
- ruthlesslyWithout pity or compassion
- mercilesslyWithout pity or restraint
- pitilesslyWithout compassion or remorse
heartlessly · savagely · viciously · inhumanely · callously · sadistically · barbarically · cold-bloodedly · remorselessly · cruelly
despoticallydemocratically
By majority decision
constitutionally · liberally · consensually · representatively · pluralistically
despoticallycollaboratively
In cooperative partnership
cooperatively · consultatively · consensually · benevolently · humanely