Usually means: Control by husband over wife.
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  3. maritodespotism: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words

Definitions from Wiktionary (maritodespotism)

noun:  (very rare, sometimes humorous) Ruthless domination of one spouse by another (often domination of a wife by a husband) in a marriage.

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