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English noun: tyranny

1. tyranny (group) a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)


Synonymsabsolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, dictatorship, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism


Broader (hypernym)autarchy, autocracy


Narrower (hyponym)police state

2. tyranny (state) dominance through threat of punishment and violence


Synonymsabsolutism, despotism


Broader (hypernym)ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, control, dominance









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