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Illustration of 専制

専制せんせい

せんせい sensei Play N2 Noun Suru verb

君主や支配者が権力を一手に握り、独断で政治を行うこと。 despotism; autocracy

Example 1

専制政治のもとでは、国民の意見が政策に反映されにくい。

Under autocratic rule, the people's opinions are unlikely to be reflected in policy.

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Example 2

彼は権力を一人に集中させる専制的な体制を批判した。

He criticized the autocratic system that concentrated power in one person's hands.

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Kanji breakdown

制

N3

system; law; rule

On reading
セイ
Kun reading
Radical
刀

専

N2

specialty; exclusive; mainly; solely

On reading
セン
Kun reading
もっぱ.ら
Radical
寸
Illustration of 体制
N2

たいせい

order; system; structure; set-up; organization

Illustration of 制作
N2

せいさく

work (film, book)

Illustration of 制度
N3

せいど

system; institution; organization

Illustration of 制限
N3

せいげん

restriction; restraint; limitation

Illustration of 専攻
N3

せんこう

major subject; special study