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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
tyranny
n 1: a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute
dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or
opposition etc.) [syn: dictatorship, absolutism,
authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy,
one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism,
totalitarianism, tyranny]
2: dominance through threat of punishment and violence [syn:
absolutism, tyranny, despotism]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Tyranny \Tyr"an*ny\ (t[i^]r"an*n[y^]), n. [OE. tirannye, OF.
tirannie, F. tyrannie; cf. It. tirannia; Gr. tyranni`a,
tyranni`s, L. tyrannis. See Tyrant.]
1. 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.
[1913 Webster]
"Sir," would he [Seneca] say, "an emperor mote need
Be virtuous and hate tyranny." --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]
2. Cruel government or discipline; as, the tyranny of a
schoolmaster.
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3. Severity; rigor; inclemency.
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The tyranny of the open night's too rough
For nature to endure. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
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3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) |
TYRANNY, government. The violation of those laws which regulate the division
and the exercises of the sovereign power of the state. It is a violation of
its constitution.
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Thesaurus Results for tyranny:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
Caesarism, Nazism, Stalinism, absolute monarchy, absolutism, arbitrariness, argumentum baculinum, aristocracy, autarchy, authoritarianism, autocracy, autonomy, benevolent despotism, big battalions, big stick, bond service, bondage, brute force, captivity, coalition government, colonialism, commonwealth, constitutional government, constitutional monarchy, control, czarism, debt slavery, democracy, deprivation of freedom, despotism, dictatorship, disenfranchisement, disfranchisement, domination, domineering, dominion rule, duarchy, duumvirate, dyarchy, enslavement, enthrallment, fascism, federal government, federation, feudal system, feudalism, feudality, force, garrison state, gerontocracy, heavy hand, helotism, helotry, heteronomy, hierarchy, hierocracy, high hand, home rule, indentureship, iron boot, iron hand, iron heel, kaiserism, limited monarchy, main force, martial law, meritocracy, militarism, military government, mob rule, mobocracy, monarchy, monocracy, naked force, neocolonialism, ochlocracy, oligarchy, one-man rule, one-party rule, oppression, pantisocracy, paternalism, patriarchate, patriarchy, peonage, physical force, police state, pure democracy, regency, reign of terror, representative democracy, representative government, republic, restraint, rule of might, self-determination, self-government, serfdom, serfhood, servility, servitude, slavery, social democracy, steamroller, stratocracy, subjection, subjugation, suppression, technocracy, terrorism, thearchy, theocracy, thought control, thrall, thralldom, totalitarian government, totalitarian regime, totalitarianism, totality, triarchy, triumvirate, ultima ratio, vassalage, villenage, welfare state |
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Common Misspellings > |
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