Tyranny is a noun that describes a repressive and arbitrarily cruel regime. Don't accuse your mother of tyranny just because she won't let you play video games all weekend long.
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.
Noun
a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
Noun
dominance through threat of punishment and violence
n.
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.
n.
Cruel government or discipline; as, the tyranny of a
schoolmaster.
n.
Severity; rigor; inclemency.
Tyranny
"Sir," would he [Seneca] say, "an emperor mote need Be virtuous and hate tyranny."2.
The tyranny of the open night's too rough For nature to endure.
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.
Usage Examples
A primary function of art and thought is to liberate the individual from the tyranny of his culture in the environmental sense and to permit him to stand beyond it in an autonomy of perception and judgment.
Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.
Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.
Communism is the death of the soul. It is the organization of total conformity - in short, of tyranny - and it is committed to making tyranny universal.
Death is softer by far than tyranny.
Freedom is never easily won, but once established, freedom lasts, spreads and chokes out tyranny.
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Other Usage ExamplesAnywhere, anytime ordinary people are given the chance to choose, the choice is the same: freedom, not tyranny democracy, not dictatorship the rule of law, not the rule of the secret police.
And why do we, who say we oppose tyranny and demand freedom of speech, allow people to go to prison and be vilified, and magazines to be closed down on the spot, for suggesting another version of history.
America is just the country that how all the written guarantees in the world for freedom are no protection against tyranny and oppression of the worst kind. There the politician has come to be looked upon as the very scum of society.
All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
But if there's an erosion at home, you know, Thomas Jefferson warned about a tyranny of an oligarchy and if we surrender our democracy to the tyranny of an oligarchy, we've made a terrible mistake.
A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.
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