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- pronunciation:
- ti
r
ni
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| inflections: |
tyrannies |
| definition 1: |
a government in which a single person rules absolutely and despotically.
Under the tyranny of the dictator, thousands of innocent people were unlawfully imprisoned or killed.- synonyms:
- autarchy, autocracy, despotism
- similar words:
- absolutism, authoritarianism, monarchy
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| definition 2: |
the oppressive or abusive exercise of power, or the government or authority that uses power in this way.
- synonyms:
- autarchy, autocracy, despotism, oppression, repression
- antonyms:
- liberty
- similar words:
- absolutism, abusiveness, authoritarianism, coercion, domination, force, intimidation, reign, subjugation, suppression
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| definition 3: |
unnecessary harshness; cruelty.
- synonyms:
- barbarousness, brutality, cruelty, inhumanity, mercilessness, pitilessness, ruthlessness, savagery, truculence
- similar words:
- ferocity, implacability, inexorability, malevolence, severity, viciousness
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| definition 4: |
a tyrannical action.
- similar words:
- abuse, brutality, cruelty, domination, intimidation, oppression, repression, suppression
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| related words: |
domination |
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