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専制 (せんせい, sensei) Japanese meaning: despotism | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N2 › Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation 専制する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 専せん 制せい する 専せん 制せい しない Polite 専せん 制せい します 専せん 制せい しません Past polite 専せん 制せい しました 専せん 制せい しませんでした Past 専せん 制せい した 専せん 制せい しなかった Te-form 専せん 制せい して 専せん 制せい しないで Desire 専せん 制せい したい 専せん 制せい したくない Potential 専せん 制せい できる 専せん 制せい できない Passive 専せん 制せい される 専せん 制せい されない Causative 専せん 制せい させる 専せん 制せい させない Causative passive 専せん 制せい させられる 専せん 制せい させられない Volitional 専せん 制せい しよう Polite volitional 専せん 制せい しましょう Imperative 専せん 制せい しろ 専せん 制せい するな Conditional 専せん 制せい すれば 専せん 制せい しなければ Tara conditional 専せん 制せい したら 専せん 制せい しなかったら
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ねん
、
専せん
制せい
政せい
治じ
が
続つづ
い
て
いる
。
That country has been under despotic rule for many years.
His methods were criticized as autocratic.
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 に 専せん 制せい を 敷し く to impose autocratic rule over a place
The emperor imposed autocratic rule over that country.
専せん 制せい に 苦くる しむ to suffer under despotic rule
The people had long suffered under despotic rule.
専せん 制せい から 解かい 放ほう される to be liberated from despotic rule
The revolution liberated the people from despotic rule.
Kanji 専 specialty, exclusive, mainly Related words 独裁 emphasizes rule by a single dictator, while 専制 refers more broadly to arbitrary, unchecked power that can also belong to a small elite or monarchy.
専横 describes high-handed, arbitrary behavior often at a personal or bureaucratic level, whereas 専制 is a systemic term for a whole political order.
専制 describes autocratic rule as a political system, while 横暴 describes the abusive, domineering behavior of a person or group.
Opposites 民主主義 (democracy, power shared through elections) stands in direct contrast to 専制 (power concentrated in one person or group).
立憲 refers to government based on a constitution, while 専制 refers to autocratic rule without such constitutional limits.
Don't confuse with 専制 (same reading せんせい) means autocratic or despotic rule, a completely different concept from 先制's meaning of preemptive action.
専制 (autocracy, absolute rule) shares the kanji 専 with 専横 but names a political system, while 専横 describes overbearing personal conduct.
Written forms 専せん 制せい Usage 100%
Standard kanji form for 'despotism, autocracy'.
擅せん 制せい
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.
Etymology From Chinese 專制 (zhuānzhì), meaning 'autocratic rule'. The kanji 専 means 'exclusively' or 'solely', and 制 means 'system' or 'control'.
