Of, relating to, or characterized by the rule of a despotic bureaucracy in control of the water supply over a society of small-scale agricultural producers.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in Karl August Wittfogel (1896–1988).
Definition of agrodespotic in US English:
agrodespotic
adjectiveˌaɡrə(ʊ)dɪˈspɒtɪk
rare
Of, relating to, or characterized by the rule of a despotic bureaucracy in control of the water supply over a society of small-scale agricultural producers.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in Karl August Wittfogel (1896–1988).