Definitions for tyrannize
ˈtɪr əˌnaɪztyr·an·nize

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1. tyrannize, tyrannise, grind downverb

   rule a country as a tyrant

2. tyrannize, tyrannise, domineerverb

   rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner

   "her husband and mother-in-law tyrannize her"

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1. tyrannizeverb

   to oppress someone

2. tyrannizeverb

   to rule as a tyrant

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1. tyrannize

   A tyrant (from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos) 'absolute ruler'), in the modern English usage of the word, is an absolute ruler who is unrestrained by law, or one who has usurped a legitimate ruler's sovereignty. Often portrayed as cruel, tyrants may defend their positions by resorting to repressive means. The original Greek term meant an absolute sovereign who came to power without constitutional right, yet the word had a neutral connotation during the Archaic and early Classical periods. However, Greek philosopher Plato saw tyrannos as a negative word, and on account of the decisive influence of philosophy on politics, Plato deemed tyranny the “fourth and worst disorder of a state.” Tyrants lack “the very faculty that is the instrument of judgment”—reason. The tyrannical man is enslaved because the best part of him (reason) is enslaved, and likewise, the tyrannical state is enslaved, because it too lacks reason and order. Its negative connotations only increased, continuing into the Hellenistic period.The philosophers Plato and Aristotle defined a tyrant as a person who rules without law, using extreme and cruel methods against both his own people and others. The Encyclopédie defined the term as a usurper of sovereign power who makes "his subjects the victims of his passions and unjust desires, which he substitutes for laws". In the late fifth and fourth centuries BC, a new kind of tyrant, one who had the support of the military, arose – specifically in Sicily.

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1. tyrannize

   To tyrannize means to exercise absolute power or control, especially in a cruel, oppressive, or harsh manner. It involves treating individuals or groups with injustice, often abusing power or authority for self-benefit. The term is derived from the noun "tyrant," referring to a ruler who governs with cruelty or harshness.

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1. Tyrannizeverb

   to act the tyrant; to exercise arbitrary power; to rule with unjust and oppressive severity; to exercise power others not permitted by law or required by justice, or with a severity not necessary to the ends of justice and government; as, a prince will often tyrannize over his subjects; masters sometimes tyrannize over their servants or apprentices

2. Tyrannizeverb

   to subject to arbitrary, oppressive, or tyrannical treatment; to oppress

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of tyrannize in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of tyrannize in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of tyrannize in a Sentence

1. Voltaire:

   ...So long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, those who wish to tyrannize will do so; for tyrants are active and ardent, and will devote themselves in the name of any number of gods, religious and otherwise, to put shackles upon sleeping men.

2. Socrates:

   Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers.

3. Tench Coxe:

   As civil rulers, not having their duty to the people duly before them, may attempt to tyrannize, and as the military forces which must be occasionally raised to defend our country, might pervert their power to the injury of their fellow-citizens, the people are confirmed by the next article in their right to keep and bear their private arms.

4. Socrates:

   The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Tyrannize
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrannize
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tyrannize