TYRANNY Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com TYRANNY definition: arbitrary or unrestrained exercise of power; despotic abuse of authority See examples of tyranny used in a sentence
tyranny noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . . Definition of tyranny noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary unfair or cruel use of power or authority The children had no protection against the tyranny of their father (figurative) These days it seems we must all submit to the tyranny of the motor car
Tyranny - definition of tyranny by The Free Dictionary Unjust or oppressive governmental power: "He tended to see the Crown as the benign center of the empire and Parliament as the malevolent source of tyranny" (Gordon S Wood)
tyranny - WordReference. com Dictionary of English abuse of power:[uncountable] the tyranny of totalitarian government Government the government or rule of a tyrant:[countable] tyrannies of dictators through the years
tyranny - Wiktionary, the free dictionary tyranny (countable and uncountable, plural tyrannies) A government in which a single ruler (a tyrant) has absolute power, or this system of government; especially, one that acts cruelly and unjustly
Tyranny | Meaning Facts | Britannica Tyranny, in the Greco-Roman world, an autocratic form of rule in which one individual exercised power without any legal restraint In antiquity the word tyrant signified the holder of absolute political power