tyranny

Definition of Tyranny in English :

Noun

1. absolutism, authoritarianism, caesarism, despotism, dictatorship, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny

a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

2. absolutism, despotism, tyranny

dominance through threat of punishment and violence

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Tyranny

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noun plural -nies

1.

a.

government by a tyrant or tyrants; despotism

b.

similarly oppressive and unjust government by more than one person

2.

arbitrary, unreasonable, or despotic behaviour or use of authority

the teacher's tyranny

3.

any harsh discipline or oppression

the tyranny of the clock

4.

a political unit ruled by a tyrant

5.

(esp in ancient Greece) government by a usurper

6.

a tyrannical act

Tyranny

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nounWord forms: plural ˈtyrannies

1.

the office, authority, government, or jurisdiction of a tyrant, or absolute ruler

2.

oppressive and unjust government; despotism

3.

very cruel and unjust use of power or authority

4.

harshness; rigor; severity

5.

a tyrannical act

Tyranny

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n. pl. tyr·an·nies

1. Unjust or oppressive governmental power: "He tended to see the Crown as the benign center of the empire and Parliament as the malevolent source of tyranny" (Gordon S. Wood).

2. A government in which a single ruler is vested with absolute power: people liberated from a brutal tyranny.

3. The office, authority, or jurisdiction of an absolute ruler: Pisistratus held the tyranny of Athens.

4.

a. The oppressive or unjust use of power: parental tyranny.

b. A tyrannical act: refused to submit to her husband's tyrannies.

5. An oppressive or harshly limiting condition: the tyranny of social expectations.

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