different between tyranny vs despot

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

English

Etymology

From Middle French despote, from Old French despote, from Medieval Latin despota, from Ancient Greek ???????? (despót?s, “lord, master, owner”), from the Proto-Indo-European phrase *déms pótis (“master of the house”). Cognate with Sanskrit ?????? (dámpati).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?s.p?t/, /?d?z.p?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?d?s.p?t/

Noun

despot (plural despots)

1. A ruler with absolute power; a tyrant.
2. (historical) A title awarded to senior members of the imperial family in the late Byzantine Empire, and claimed by various independent or semi-autonomous rulers in the Balkans (12th to 15th centuries)

Derived terms

• despotate
• despotism

Translations

References

Anagrams

• T posed, T-posed, depots, dopest, dépôts, posted, ptosed, stoped

Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (despót?s, “lord, master”).

Noun

despot c (singular definite despoten, plural indefinite despoter)

1. despot

Inflection

Synonyms

• tyran

Derived terms

• despoti n
• despotisk (adjective)
• despotisme c

Further reading

• “despot” in Den Danske Ordbog

Romanian

Etymology

From Greek ???????? (despótis)

Noun

despot m (plural despo?i)

1. despot

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?spot/
• Hyphenation: des?pot

Noun

dèspot m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. despot

Declension

Swedish

Noun

despot c

1. despot