tyranny
nounEtymology
Inherited from Middle English tirannye, from Old French tyrannie, from Medieval Latin tyrannia, tyrania, from Ancient Greek τυραννία (turannía, “tyranny”), from τύραννος (túrannos, “lord, master, sovereign, tyrant”).
Definitions
A government in which a single ruler (a tyrant) has absolute power, or this system of…
A government in which a single ruler (a tyrant) has absolute power, or this system of government; especially, one that acts cruelly and unjustly.
The office or jurisdiction of an absolute ruler.
Absolute power, or its use.
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A system of government in which power is exercised on behalf of the ruler or ruling…
A system of government in which power is exercised on behalf of the ruler or ruling class, without regard to the wishes of the governed.
- He that with ſhepheards and a litle ſpoyle, Durſt in diſdaine of wrong and tyrannie, Defend his freedome gainſt a Monarchie: What will he doe ſupported by a king?
- Control, dispossession, violence, and tyranny are not “defensive”: they are part of an organized, ongoing aggression.
Extreme severity or rigour.
The neighborhood
- synonymautocracy
- synonymdespotism
- synonymdictatorship
- synonymabsolute monarchy
- synonymtyranthood
- neighbortyrant
- neighborautocracy
- neighbormonarchy
- neighborabsolute monarchy
- neighborbenevolent absolutism
- neighborenlightened absolutism
- neighborenlightened despotism
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for tyranny. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA