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Definitions for Tyranny

[1] arbitrary or unrestrained exercise of power; despotic abuse of authority.
[2] the government or rule of a tyrant or absolute ruler.
[3] a state ruled by a tyrant or absolute ruler.
[4] oppressive or unjustly severe government on the part of any ruler.
[5] undue severity or harshness.
[6] a cruel or harsh act or proceeding; an arbitrary, oppressive, or tyrannical action.
[7] government by a tyrant or tyrants; despotism similarly oppressive and unjust government by more than one person
[8] arbitrary, unreasonable, or despotic behaviour or use of authority the teacher's tyranny
[9] any harsh discipline or oppression the tyranny of the clock
[10] a political unit ruled by a tyrant
[11] (esp in ancient Greece) government by a usurper
[12] a tyrannical act

Words related to Tyranny

autocracy, oppression, domination, cruelty, authoritarianism, despotism, totalitarianism, coercion, oligarchy, terrorism, absolutism, severity, monocracy, fascism, totality, imperiousness, high-handedness, unreasonableness, peremptoriness

Words nearby Tyranny

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Origin of Tyranny

1325–75; Middle English tyrannie < Old French < Medieval Latin tyrannia, equivalent to Latin tyrann(us ) tyrant + -ia -y3

Other words from Tyranny

pre·tyr·an·ny , noun, plural pre·tyr·an·nies.

Word origin for Tyranny

C14: from Old French tyrannie, from Medieval Latin tyrannia, from Latin tyrannus tyrant

Synonyms for Tyranny

authoritarianism, autocracy, coercion, cruelty, despotism, domination, oligarchy, oppression, terrorism, totalitarianism, absolutism, fascism, high-handedness, imperiousness, monocracy, severity, totality, peremptoriness, reign of terror, unreasonableness