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Definition
a ruler with absolute power — especially one who abuses that power
- "And now these same 'scientists' want to replace the natural condition of free competition by crazy systems which, no matter by what high-sounding names they are called, are nothing but a despotic paternalism.Chapter 27 (34% in)
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