definition: tyranny
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Meaning of âtyrannyâ in the English Dictionary uk ​ /ˈtɪr.ən.i/ us ​ /ˈtɪr.ən.i/. › 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: Women, the play seems to suggest, must resist the tyranny of domesticity. Thesaurus: synonyms and related words.
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government totalitarianism. 1. a system of highly centralized government in which one political party or group takes control and grants neither recognition nor tolerance to other political groups. 2. autocracy in one of its several varieties.
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tyrannical 1. unjustly cruel or severe; arbitrary or oppressive; despotic. 2. of or characteristic of a tyrant. [1530–40; < Latin tyrannic(us) (< Greek tyrannikós=týrann(os) tyrant + -ikos -ic) + -al1] ty•ran′ni•cal•ly, adv.
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treason the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign. 2. a violation of allegiance to one's sovereign or to one's state. 3. the betrayal of a trust or confidence; breach of faith; treachery.
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Definitions &Translations Oppression is the exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner.
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tyrant Definition of tyrant for Students. 1  1 : a ruler who has no legal limits on his or her power. 2  2 : a ruler who exercises total power harshly and cruelly. 3  3 : a person who uses authority or power harshly My boss is a real tyrant.
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- A form of non-government where a tyrant rules a group of people who are too stupid to kill him. Anarchy is freedom without security, Tyranny is security without freedom. -- The Gray Dragon (alias hillsurfer) #anarchy #anarchist #tyranny #dictator #democrat #republican #libertarian #socialist #communist.
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Translations for tyranny of the majority Tyranny of the majority. The phrase tyranny of the majority, used in discussing systems of democracy and majority rule, envisions a scenario in which decisions made by a majority place its interests so far above those of an individual or minority group as to constitute active oppression, comparable to that of tyrants and despots.
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tyranny Tyranny is defined as severe or harsh treatment. An example of tyranny is someone putting someone in jail for years for a small crime. The definition of tyranny is a government or ruler with total power. An example of tyranny is a country run by a cruel dictator. pl. -·nies. the office, authority, government, or jurisdiction of a tyrant, or absolute ruler.
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tyrant See: dictator. TYRANT, government. The chief magistrate of the state, whether legitimate or otherwise, who violates the constitution to act arbitrarily contrary to justice. Toull. tit. prel. n. 32.
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larceny The unauthorized taking and removal of the Personal Property of another by an individual who intends to permanently deprive the owner of it; a crime against the right of possession. Larceny generally refers to nonviolent theft. It is a common-law term developed by the royal courts of England in the seventeenth century. In the United States, most jurisdictions have eliminated the crime of Larceny from statutory codes, in favor of a general theft statute.
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- tyranny of the majority(Noun) A situation in which a government or other authority democratically supported by a majority of its subjects makes policies or takes actions benefiting that majority, without regard for the rights or welfare of the rest of its subjects.
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Adipose tissue In humans, adipose tissue is located beneath the skin (subcutaneous fat), around internal organs (visceral fat), in bone marrow (yellow bone marrow), intermuscular (Muscular system) and in the breast tissue.Adipose tissue is found in specific locations, which are referred to as adipose depots.n humans, adipose tissue is located beneath the skin (subcutaneous fat), around internal organs (visceral fat), in bone marrow (yellow bone marrow), intermuscular (Muscular system) and in the breast tissue.
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What does sic semper tyrannis mean? Sic semper tyrannis is a Latin phrase meaning thus always to tyrants. This Latin phrase became well known because John Wilkes Booth shouted the words on the stage of Fords Theater after he had shot President Lincoln. He jumped onto the stage from the Presidential box and injured his leg.
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Definitions &Translations Totalitarianism. Totalitarianism is a political system in which the state holds total authority over the society and seeks to control all aspects of public and private life whenever necessary.
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tycoon Definition of tycoon. 1  1 : shogun. 2  2a : a top leader (as in politics)b : a businessperson of exceptional wealth, power, and influence : magnate.
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Tyrant The Oxford English Dictionary offers alternative definitions: a ruler, an illegitimate ruler (a usurper), an absolute ruler (despot) or an oppressive, unjust or cruel ruler. The term is usually applied to vicious dictators who achieve bad results for the governed. The definition of a tyrant is cursed by subjectivity. Oppression, injustice and cruelty do not have standardized measurements or thresholds. The Greeks defined both usurpers and those inheriting rule from usurpers as tyrants.
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tyrant ty•rant (tī′rənt), n. 1  a sovereign or other ruler who uses power oppressively or unjustly. 2  any person in a position of authority who exercises power oppressively or despotically. 3  a tyrannical or compulsory influence.  an absolute ruler, esp. one in ancient Greece or Sicily.
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treason n. 1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) violation or betrayal of the allegiance that a person owes his sovereign or his country, esp by attempting to overthrow the government; high treason. 2. any treachery or betrayal.
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Tyrant The English noun tyrant appears in Middle English use, via Old French, from the 1290s. The word derives from Latin tyrannus, meaning illegitimate ruler, and this in turn from the Greek τύραννος tyrannos monarch, ruler of a polis; tyrannos in its turn has a Pre-Greek origin, perhaps from Lydian. The final -t arises in Old French by association with the present participles in -ant.
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- Definition of 'tyrant'. Word Frequency. tyrant (taɪərənt ) Word forms: plural tyrants. countable noun. You can use tyrant to refer to someone who treats the people they have authority over in a cruel and unfair way. Since 1804 the country has mostly been ruled by tyrants. ...households where the father was a tyrant.
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dictatorship Noun. 1. dictatorship-a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.).monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, absolutism.. a country, government, or the form of government in which absolute power is exercised by a dictator. 2. absolute, imperious, or overbearing power or control. 3. the office or position held by a dictator.
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Dictatorship From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Dictatorship is a form of government where political authority is monopolized by a person or political entity, and exercised through various mechanisms to ensure the entity's power remains strong.ictatorship and constitutional democracy emerged as the world's two major forms of government.
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- Dictatorship definition, a country, government, or the form of  government in which absolute … power is exercised by a dictator. An autocratic form of absolute rule by leadership that is unrestricted by law, constitutions, or other social and political factors within the state. dictatorship is a person, or a party or group, that runs a country with no real elections allowed to vote in someone new or different. Examples of dictatorships include:
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- treachery (countable and uncountable, plural treacheries) 1  Deliberate, often calculated, disregard for trust or faith. 2  The act of violating the confidence of another, usually for personal gain. 3  Treason.