despotism (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[despotism 词源字典]
mid-18c., from French despotisme; see despot + -ism.
All education is despotism. [William Godwin, "Enquirer," 1797]
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initiative (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1793, "that which begins," also "power of initiating," from French initiative (1560s), from Latin initiatus (see initiation). First attested in English in writings of William Godwin. Phrase take the initiative recorded by 1844.