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tyranny
(encz) | tyranny,tyranie n: Zdeněk Brož |
Tyranny
(gcide) | 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.
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"Sir," would he [Seneca] say, "an emperor mote need
Be virtuous and hate tyranny." --Chaucer.
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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.
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tyranny
(wn) | 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] |
TYRANNY
(bouvier) | 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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tyranny
(encz) | tyranny,tyranie n: Zdeněk Brož |
tyranny
(wn) | 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] |
TYRANNY
(bouvier) | 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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