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tyranny
[ tir-uh-nee ]
noun
- arbitrary or unrestrained exercise of power; despotic abuse of authority.
Synonyms: , ,
- the government or rule of a tyrant or absolute ruler.
- a state ruled by a tyrant or absolute ruler.
- oppressive or unjustly severe government on the part of any ruler.
- undue severity or harshness.
- a cruel or harsh act or proceeding; an arbitrary, oppressive, or tyrannical action.
tyranny
/ ˈɪəɪ /
noun
- government by a tyrant or tyrants; despotism
- similarly oppressive and unjust government by more than one person
- arbitrary, unreasonable, or despotic behaviour or use of authority
the teacher's tyranny
- any harsh discipline or oppression
the tyranny of the clock
- a political unit ruled by a tyrant
- (esp in ancient Greece) government by a usurper
- a tyrannical act
Derived Forms
- ˈٲԲԴdzܲ, adjective
- ˈٲԲԴdzܲly, adverb
- ˈٲԲԴdzܲness, noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of tyranny1
Example Sentences
They were against big government; against what they saw as federal tyranny.
Earlier on Tuesday, Bardella condemned the "tyranny of the judges" and said that "everything was being done to stop us from getting to power".
Trump and his gang prance around, pretending they’ve come to slay the bureaucratic Leviathan, to liberate the people from the tyranny of big government.
To resist the tyranny of the bosses, solidarity remains the answer.
He told how his father, a police chief in small-town Iowa, was fired because he stood up to the local good-old-boy network, refusing, on principle, to brook their petty tyrannies.
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