different between tyranny vs injustice

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

Borrowed from Old French injustice, from Latin iniustitia. Equivalent to in- +? justice.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?n?d??s.t?s/

Noun

injustice (countable and uncountable, plural injustices)

1. Absence of justice; unjustice.
2. Violation of the rights of another person or people.

3. Unfairness; the state of not being fair or just.

Usage notes

• Injustice and unjust use different prefixes, as French injustice was borrowed into English, while unjust was formed as un- + just. The spelling injust, from French injuste, is very rarely used, and unjustice, from un- + justice, is nonstandard.

Synonyms

• justicelessness
• unjustice (nonstandard)
• wrong
• wrength

Related terms

• just
• justice
• unjust
• injust, injustly (rare)

Translations

French

Etymology

From Old French, borrowed from Latin ini?stitia, inj?stitia, from iniustus (“unjust”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.?ys.tis/

Noun

injustice f (plural injustices)

1. injustice

Related terms

• justice
• injuste

Further reading

• “injustice” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Portuguese

Verb

injustice

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of injustiçar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of injustiçar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of injustiçar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of injustiçar