Defenition of the word tyranny

• Defenition of the word tyranny

  • The rule of a despot.
  • dominance through threat of punishment and violence
  • a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

Synonyms for the word tyranny

• • absolutism
  • authoritarianism
  • autocracy
  • Caesarism
  • cruelty
  • despotism
  • dictatorship
  • domination
  • monocracy
  • one-man rule
  • oppression
  • shogunate
  • Stalinism
  • totalitarianism

Similar words in the tyranny

• • tyranny
  • tyranny's

Hyponyms for the word tyranny

• • police state

Hypernyms for the word tyranny

• • ascendance
  • ascendancy
  • ascendence
  • ascendency
  • autarchy
  • autocracy
  • control
  • dominance

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