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English

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈtɪɹəni/,

Noun

A government in which a single ruler (a tyrant) has absolute power
The office or jurisdiction of an absolute ruler
Absolute power, or its use
Extreme severity or rigour

Derived terms

tyrannical

Translations

Bosnian: {{t-|bs|tiranija|f}}
Croatian: {{t-|hr|tiranija|f}}
Czech: {{t-|cs|tyranie|f}}
Estonian:
German: Tyrannenherrschaft
Italian: {{t-|it|tirannide|f}}

Russian: {{t+|ru|тирания|f|tr=tiraníja|sc=Cyrl}}
Serbian:
: Cyrillic: {{t-|sr|тиранија|f|sc=Cyrl}}
: Roman: {{t-|sr|tiranija|f}}

Bosnian: {{t-|bs|tiranija|f}}
Croatian: {{t-|hr|tiranija|f}}
Estonian:
Italian: {{t-|it|tirannide|f}}

Russian: {{t+|ru|тирания|f|tr=tiraníja|sc=Cyrl}}
Serbian:
: Cyrillic: {{t-|sr|тиранија|f|sc=Cyrl}}
: Roman: {{t-|sr|tiranija|f}}

Bosnian: {{t-|bs|tiranija|f}}
Croatian: {{t-|hr|tiranija|f}}
Estonian:
German: {{t-|de|Tyrannei|f}}
Italian: {{t-|it|tirannia|f}}

Russian: {{t+|ru|тирания|f|tr=tiraníja|sc=Cyrl}}
Serbian:
: Cyrillic: {{t-|sr|тиранија|f|sc=Cyrl}}
: Roman: {{t-|sr|tiranija|f}}

Bosnian: {{t-|bs|tiranija|f}}
Croatian: {{t-|hr|tiranija|f}}
Estonian:
German: {{t-|de|Tyrannei|f}}
Italian: {{t-|it|tirannia|f}}

Russian: {{t+|ru|тирания|f|tr=tiraníja|sc=Cyrl}}
Serbian:
: Cyrillic: {{t-|sr|тиранија|f|sc=Cyrl}}
: Roman: {{t-|sr|tiranija|f}}

Category:Forms of government Category:Greek derivations

et:tyranny fr:tyranny io:tyranny id:tyranny hu:tyranny pt:tyranny fi:tyranny ta:tyranny te:tyranny vi:tyranny

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
[1913 Webster]

"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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WordNet 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]
2: dominance through threat of punishment and violence [syn: absolutism,
despotism]

Moby Dictionary
Caesarism , Nazism , Stalinism , absolute monarchy , absolutism ,
arbitrariness , argumentum baculinum , aristocracy , autarchy ,
authoritarianism , autocracy , autonomy , benevolent despotism ,
big battalions , big stick , bond service , bondage , brute force ,
captivity , coalition government , colonialism , commonwealth ,
constitutional government , constitutional monarchy , control ,
czarism , debt slavery , democracy , deprivation of freedom ,
despotism , dictatorship , disenfranchisement , disfranchisement ,
domination , domineering , dominion rule , duarchy , duumvirate ,
dyarchy , enslavement , enthrallment , fascism , federal government ,
federation , feudal system , feudalism , feudality , force ,
garrison state , gerontocracy , heavy hand , helotism , helotry ,
heteronomy , hierarchy , hierocracy , high hand , home rule ,
indentureship , iron boot , iron hand , iron heel , kaiserism ,
limited monarchy , main force , martial law , meritocracy , militarism ,
military government , mob rule , mobocracy , monarchy , monocracy ,
naked force , neocolonialism , ochlocracy , oligarchy , one-man rule ,
one-party rule , oppression , pantisocracy , paternalism ,
patriarchate , patriarchy , peonage , physical force , police state ,
pure democracy , regency , reign of terror , representative democracy ,
representative government , republic , restraint , rule of might ,
self-determination , self-government , serfdom , serfhood , servility ,
servitude , slavery , social democracy , steamroller , stratocracy ,
subjection , subjugation , suppression , technocracy , terrorism ,
thearchy , theocracy , thought control , thrall , thralldom ,
totalitarian government , totalitarian regime , totalitarianism ,
totality , triarchy , triumvirate , ultima ratio , vassalage ,
villenage , welfare state

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.