different between usurpation vs tyranny

English

Etymology

From Middle English usurpacioun, from Old French usurpacion, from Latin ?surp?ti?.

Noun

usurpation (countable and uncountable, plural usurpations)

1. The wrongful seizure of something by force, especially of sovereignty or other authority.
2. Trespass onto another's property without permission.
3. A taking or use without right.

Related terms

• usurp
• usurper

Translations

Further reading

• usurpation at OneLook Dictionary Search

French

Pronunciation

Noun

usurpation f (plural usurpations)

1. usurpation (wrongful seizure)
2. that which is usurped.

Further reading

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

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