N2874/1725

専せん制せい

rarely used kanji formnounnoun (generic)noun or participle taking the aux. verb するnoun taking the genitive case particle のadjective (generic)

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せんせい

Meanings

despotism, autocracy

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Example sentences

その国くには長ながい間あいだ、専制せんせい政治せいじに苦くるしんでいた。

That country had long suffered under despotic rule.

専制せんせい的てきな指導者しどうしゃは国民こくみんの自由じゆうを奪うばった。

The autocratic leader robbed the people of their freedom.

歴史れきしの授業じゅぎょうで専制せんせい君主制くんしゅせいについて学まなんだ。

I learned about absolute monarchy in history class.

専制せんせいを廃はいし、民主主義みんしゅしゅぎを確立かくりつすることが革命かくめいの目標もくひょうだった。

The goal of the revolution was to abolish despotism and establish democracy.

近代きんだい以前いぜんの多おおくの国家こっかにおいて、専制せんせい的てき支配しはいは珍めずらしいものではなかった。

In many pre-modern states, autocratic rule was not unusual.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)