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tyranny
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)
- A government in which a single ruler (a tyrant) has absolute power; this system of government.
- The office or jurisdiction of an absolute ruler.
- Absolute power, or its use.
- 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.
- 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
- Alternative form of tirannye
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anarchy
English
Etymology
From New Latin anarchia, from Ancient Greek ??????? (anarkhía).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?æ.n?.ki/
- (US) enPR: ?n?är-k?, IPA(key): /?æn.??.ki/
Noun
anarchy (countable and uncountable, plural anarchies)
- (uncountable) The state of a society being without authorities or an authoritative governing body.
- (uncountable) Anarchism; the political theory that a community is best organized by the voluntary cooperation of individuals, rather than by a government, which is regarded as being coercive by nature.
- (countable) A chaotic and confusing absence of any form of political authority or government.
- Confusion in general; disorder.
Synonyms
- see Thesaurus:disorder
Antonyms
- (all senses): nonanarchy (rare)
- (disorder): order
Derived terms
Translations
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