tyranny

tyranny
Synonyms and related words:
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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  • Tyranny — Студийный альбом Shadow Gallery Дата выпуска 22 сентября 1998 …   Википедия

  • 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,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tyranny — index cruelty, injustice, oppression, severity, thrall Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • tyranny — late 14c., cruel or unjust use of power, from O.Fr. tyrannie (13c.), from L.L. tyrannia tyranny, from Gk. tyrannia rule of a tyrant, from tyrannos master (see TYRANT (Cf. tyrant)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • tyranny — [n] dictatorship absolutism, authoritarianism, autocracy, coercion, cruelty, despotism, domination, fascism, high handedness, imperiousness, monocracy, oligarchy, oppression, peremptoriness, reign of terror*, severity, terrorism, totalitarianism …   New thesaurus

  • tyranny — ► NOUN (pl. tyrannies) 1) cruel and oppressive government or rule. 2) a state under such rule. 3) cruel and arbitrary exercise of power or control. DERIVATIVES tyrannous adjective …   English terms dictionary

  • tyranny — [tir′ə nē] n. pl. tyrannies [ME tirannie < OFr < ML tyrannia < Gr] 1. the office, authority, government, or jurisdiction of a tyrant, or absolute ruler 2. oppressive and unjust government; despotism 3. very cruel and unjust use of power… …   English World dictionary

  • tyranny — n. 1) to impose tyranny on 2) to overthrow a tyranny 3) cruel, merciless; ruthless tyranny 4) an act of tyranny 5) tyranny over * * * [ tɪrənɪ] merciless ruthless tyranny an act of tyranny cruel …   Combinatory dictionary

  • tyranny — UK [ˈtɪrənɪ] / US noun Word forms tyranny : singular tyranny plural tyrannies 1) [countable/uncountable] a government that treats people in a cruel and unfair way, using force to control them a brutal tyranny The people will rise up to free… …   English dictionary

  • tyranny — tyr|an|ny [ˈtırəni] n plural tyrannies [U and C] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: tyrannie, from Medieval Latin tyrannia, from Latin tyrannus; TYRANT] 1.) cruel or unfair control over other people ▪ Gorky was often the victim of his… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • tyranny — [[t]tɪ̱rəni[/t]] tyrannies 1) N VAR A tyranny is a cruel, harsh, and unfair government in which a person or small group of people have power over everyone else. He described these regimes as tyrannies and dictatorships... Self expression and… …   English dictionary

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