Englisch-Dänisch Übersetzung für despotism

despotiDet er ikke demokrati, det er despoti. This is not democracy, this is despotism. EU bør generelt ikke opføre sig despotisk. The European Union should not, as a general rule, employ despotism.
despotismeMed det kan blive til oplyst despotisme. However, it can become an enlightened despotism. For nogle år siden skrev hr. Padoa-Schioppa, euroens fader, et stykke i en fransk avis, og hovedtesen var, at den europæiske integration i højere grad skyldes oplyst despotisme end demokrati. Some years ago, Mr Padoa-Schioppa, the father of the euro, wrote a piece in a French journal, the gist of which was that European integration stems more from enlightened despotism than from democracy.

enevældeDenne opgave skal løses gennem inddragelse af borgerne og hensyntagen til deres meninger, uden »oplyst enevælde« i bevidstheden om, at de kan bidrage med mange elementer. And we want to involve the citizens in it, gathering their opinions and avoiding 'enlightened despotism' , aware that they can make a major contribution.

government by a singular authority, either a single person or tight-knit group, which rules with absolute power, especially in a cruel and oppressive way

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