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- DictionaryTyr·an·ny/ˈtirənē/
noun
- 1. cruel and oppressive government or rule: "people who survive war and escape tyranny"
2. a. : a government in which absolute power is vested in a single ruler. especially : one characteristic of an ancient Greek city-state. b. : the office, authority, and administration of a tyrant. 3. : a rigorous condition imposed by some outside agency or force. living under the tyranny of the clock Dixon Wecter. 4.
a cruel or harsh act or proceeding; an arbitrary, oppressive, or tyrannical action. tyranny. / ˈtɪrənɪ / noun. government by a tyrant or tyrants; despotism. similarly oppressive and unjust government by more than one person. arbitrary, unreasonable, or despotic behaviour or use of authority. the teacher's tyranny. any harsh discipline or oppression
government by a ruler or small group of people who have unlimited power over the people in their country or state and use it unfairly and cruelly: This, the president promised us, was a war against tyranny. a situation in which someone or something controls how you are able to live, in an unfair way:
a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) synonyms: Caesarism, Stalinism, absolutism, authoritarianism, despotism, dictatorship, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, totalitarianism. see more. noun. dominance through threat of punishment and violence.
Mar 22, 2024 · tyranny, in the Greco-Roman world, an autocratic form of rule in which one individual exercised power without any legal restraint. In antiquity the word tyrant was not necessarily pejorative and signified the holder of absolute political power.
government by a ruler or small group of people who have unlimited power over the people in their country or state and use it unfairly and cruelly: This, the president promised us, was a war against tyranny. a situation in which someone or something controls how you are able to live, in an unfair way:
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a. government by a tyrant or tyrants; despotism. b. similarly oppressive and unjust government by more than one person. 2. arbitrary, unreasonable, or despotic behaviour or use of authority: the teacher's tyranny. 3. any harsh discipline or oppression: the tyranny of the clock. 4.
