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Definitions for tyranny
ˈtɪr ə nityran·ny
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Princeton's WordNet
dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyrannynoun
a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
absolutism, tyranny, despotismnoun
dominance through threat of punishment and violence
Wiktionary
tyrannynoun
A government in which a single ruler (a tyrant) has absolute power.
tyrannynoun
The office or jurisdiction of an absolute ruler.
tyrannynoun
Absolute power, or its use.
tyrannynoun
Extreme severity or rigour.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Tyrannynoun
Etymology: tyrannis, Latin; τυραννὶς; tyrannie, Fr.
Our grand foe,
Who now triumphs, and, in th’ excess of joy,
Sole reigning holds the tyranny of heav’n. John Milton.The cities fell often under tyrannies, which spring naturally out of popular governments. William Temple.
Boundless intemperance
In nature is a tyranny; it hath been
Th’untimely emptying of the happy throne,
And fall of many kings. William Shakespeare.Bleed, bleed, poor country!
Great tyranny lay thou thy basis sure,
For goodness dares not check thee. William Shakespeare.Suspicions dispose kings to tyranny, and husbands to jealousy. Francis Bacon.
God in judgment just,
Subjects him from without to violent lords;
Who oft as undeservedly inthral
His outward freedom; tyranny must be. John Milton.The tyranny o’ the open night’s too rough
For nature to endure. William Shakespeare, King Lear.
Wikipedia
tyranny
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.
Webster Dictionary
Tyrannynoun
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
Tyrannynoun
cruel government or discipline; as, the tyranny of a schoolmaster
Tyrannynoun
severity; rigor; inclemency
Freebase
Tyranny
Tyranny is the third album by the progressive metal group Shadow Gallery, released in 1998. It is the first concept album made by the band, and the story that commences on this album is continued in the album Room V.
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The numerical value of tyranny in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of tyranny in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of tyranny in a Sentence
I will not acquiesce to an imperial court any more than our founders acquiesced to an imperial British monarch. We must resist and reject judicial tyranny, not retreat.
If you are afraid to speak against tyranny, then you are already a slave.
The thin and precarious crust of decency is all that separates any civilization, however impressive, from the hell of anarchy or systematic tyranny which lie in wait beneath the surface.
C.S. Lewis said, 'Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerelyexercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.' Dr. Fauci has told us, 'We're doing this for your own good.' Hey, I pretty much know what is for my own good. Yes, I would take all the shots, I would do all that over, but for them to mandate the kids can't go to school, or I can't go to work, or you've got to fire them, is absolutely preposterous.
No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has determined the very existence of politics, the cause of freedom versus tyranny.
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- طاغيةArabic
- тиранияBulgarian
- tiraniaCatalan, Valencian
- tyranieCzech
- Tyrannenherrschaft, TyranneiGerman
- τυραννίαGreek
- tiranecoEsperanto
- tiraníaSpanish
- türanniaEstonian
- tyrannieFrench
- ard-tranlaaseManx
- zsarnokságHungarian
- tirannide, tiranniaItalian
- עָרִיצוּתHebrew
- 포학Korean
- tyrannieDutch
- tiraniaPortuguese
- tiranieRomanian
- тиранияRussian
- tiranija, тиранијаSerbo-Croatian
- ظلمUrdu
- tirenVolapük
- 暴政Chinese
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