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Meanings of tyranny in English

Portuguese
despotismo
Catalan
tirania
Spanish
despotismo

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

      despotismo
      Usage of tyranny in English
      1
      Their economy is in ruins; their political system is an Orwellian tyranny.
      The new yorker
      2
      It afflicts the cities; it is a tyranny in the country districts.
      The Net
      3
      The trouble in Russia just now is the tyranny of the minority.
      Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, June 13, 1917
      4
      Individual accumulation is responsible for crime; crime necessitates laws; laws breed tyranny.
      Born Again
      5
      We talked about the war metaphors and the tyranny of positive thinking.
      Independent.ie
      6
      Until recently, I was feeling stifled by the tyranny of the new.
      Wired
      7
      The problem is that one person's tyranny is another's universal healthcare bill.
      The Guardian
      8
      And remember that there is no tyranny in the State of Confusion.
      Drawing Down the Moon
      9
      Thus do the results of tyranny aid in the overthrow of tyrants.
      Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 1
      10
      The poison of indolence is in our blood-thetendency to centralized tyranny.
      The Victim: A Romance of the Real Jefferson Davis
      11
      Once, in the Holy Alliance, that Concert itself became an intolerable tyranny.
      The War and Democracy
      12
      The government of the revolution is the despotism of liberty against tyranny.
      History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814
      13
      Nor was the regular police of the city an engine of tyranny.
      The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 44, June, 1861 / A Magazine...
      14
      The force employed by tyranny and injustice accomplishes nothing permanent in history.
      The Soul of Democracy / The Philosophy of the World War in Relat...
      15
      The tyranny of the King's unfair laws of taxation and religious intolerance.
      The heretic's daughter: a novel
      16
      It is quite as harsh as the tyranny of the old-fashioned despots.
      Expositions of Holy Scripture / Second Kings Chapters VIII to En...
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      United States of America
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