different between governance vs tyranny

English

Alternative forms

• gouvernance, gouvernaunce, governaunce (all obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English governaunce, from Old French gouvernance, governance.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???v?n?ns/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???v??n?ns/

Noun

governance (countable and uncountable, plural governances)

1. The process, or the power, of governing; government or administration.
2. The specific system by which a political system is ruled.
3. The group of people who make up an administrative body.
4. The state of being governed.
5. (management) Accountability for consistent, cohesive policies, processes and decision rights.

Hyponyms

• corporate governance
• data governance
• open governance

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Congrevean

Middle English

Noun

governance

1. Alternative form of governaunce

English

Etymology

From Middle English tirannye, borrowed from Old French tyrannie, from Medieval Latin tyrannia, tyrania, from Ancient Greek ???????? (turannía, “tyranny”), from ???????? (túrannos, “lord, master, sovereign, tyrant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t???ni/
• Rhymes: -??ni

Noun

tyranny (countable and uncountable, plural tyrannies)

1. A government in which a single ruler (a tyrant) has absolute power; this system of government.
2. The office or jurisdiction of an absolute ruler.
3. Absolute power, or its use.
4. A system of government in which power is exercised on behalf of the ruler or ruling class, without regard to the wishes of the governed.
5. Extreme severity or rigour.

Synonyms

• (government): autocracy, despotism, dictatorship, monarchy

Derived terms

• anarcho-tyranny
• tyrannical
• tyranny of the majority

Related terms

• tyrant

Translations

See also

• autocracy
• monarchy

Further reading

• tyranny in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• tyranny in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• tyranny at OneLook Dictionary Search

Middle English

Noun

tyranny

1. Alternative form of tirannye