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1. (n.) tyranny
arbitrary or unrestrained exercise of power; despotic abuse of authority.
2. tyranny
the government or rule of a tyrant.
3. tyranny
a state ruled by a tyrant.
4. tyranny
oppressive or unjust government.
5. tyranny
undue severity or harshness.
6. tyranny
a tyrannical act.
Etymology: (1325–75; < OF < ML tyrannia= L tyrann(us)tyrant+-ia -y3)
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| Definition of 'Tyranny' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, 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. (noun) absolutism, tyranny, despotism
dominance through threat of punishment and violence
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| Definition of 'Tyranny' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Tyranny
the government or authority of a tyrant; a country governed by an absolute ruler; hence, arbitrary or despotic exercise of power; exercise of power over subjects and others with a rigor not authorized by law or justice, or not requisite for the purposes of government
2. (noun) Tyranny
cruel government or discipline; as, the tyranny of a schoolmaster
3. (noun) Tyranny
severity; rigor; inclemency
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Sense: an action, or the method of ruling, of a tyrant
People will always resist tyranny.
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 Afrikaans: onderdrukking |
 Arabic: حُكْم الطُّغْيان، حُكْم إ |
 Bulgarian: деспотизъм |
 Brazilian: tirania |
 Czech: tyranie |
 German: die Tyrannei |
 Danish: tyranni |
 Greek: τυραννία |
 Spanish: tiranía |
 Estonian: türannia |
 Farsi: استبداد؛ ستمگری |
 Finnish: tyrannia |
 French: tyrannie |
 Hebrew: רוֹדָנוּת |
 Hindi: तानाशाही, न्याय |
 Croatian: tiranija, despotstvo |
 Hungarian: zsarnokság |
 Indonesian: tirani |
 Icelandic: harðstjórn |
 Italian: tirannia |
 Japanese: 専制政治 |
 Korean: 폭정 |
 Lithuanian: tironija,žiaurumas |
 Latvian: tirānija |
 Malay: kezaliman |
 Dutch: tirannie |
 Norwegian: tyranni |
 Polish: tyrania |
 Persian: استبداد؛ ستمگری |
 Pashto: استبداد ، ظلم |
 Portuguese: tirania |
 Romanian: tiranie |
 Russian: тирания |
 Slovak: tyrania, diktatúra |
 Slovenian: tiranija |
 Serbian: tiranija |
 Swedish: tyranni, förtryck |
 Thai: การปกครองซึ่งกดขี่ |
 Turkish: zulüm |
 Taiwanese: 暴政 |
 Ukrainian: тиранія, деспотизм |
 Urdu: ظلم |
 Vietnamese: sự bạo ngược |
 Chinese: 暴政 |
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