Definition of tyranny Tyranny
/tɪˈɹʌni/ - [tirunee] - tyr•an•ny
We found 11 definitions of tyranny from 5 different sources.
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| tyranny - a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) | ||
| dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism | ||
| autarchy, autocracy a political theory favoring unlimited authority by a single individual | ||
| tyranny - dominance through threat of punishment and violence | ||
| absolutism, despotism | ||
| ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, dominance, control the organic phenomenon in which one of a pair of alleles present in a genotype is expressed in the phenotype and the other allele of the pair is not | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- tyranny (n.)
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. - tyranny (n.)
Cruel government or discipline; as, the tyranny of a schoolmaster. - tyranny (n.)
Severity; rigor; inclemency.
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The rule of a despot.
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🔤- tyranny, noun, singular of tyrannies.
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