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Tyranny
Tyranny meaning
A government in which a single ruler (a tyrant) has absolute power, or this system of government; especially, one that acts cruelly and unjustly. | The office or jurisdiction of an absolute ruler. | Absolute power, or its use.
Example sentences (20)
Frustrating as it is, the irony she captures is a solemn reminder that tyranny doesn’t look like tyranny to most.
The people who defended Akpabio’s tyranny are now defending governor Udom Emmanuel’s tyranny.
His book The Tyranny of Distance Geoffrey Blainey (1966) The Tyranny of Distance; How Distance shaped Australia's History.
The question was whether these nationalities were to be allowed to become independent or were only to exchange the tyranny of the sultan for the tyranny of the tsar or the Habsburg emperor.
While other forms of church government are more likely to define "tyranny" as "the imposition of unjust rule", a congregationally governed church would more likely define tyranny as "transgression of liberty" or equivalently, "rule by one man".
As the first sign in the zodiac they have a rollicking and endearing kind of kid energy that when gone unchecked can develop into full blown tyranny as it has in the case of Cinda, played by Tina Fey.
Born in Baghdad to a Kurdish family, Mr. Zahawi came to Britain at age 11, when his parents fled the tyranny of Saddam Hussein.
By the way, what has this tyranny of numbers translated into?
Even those of us, like myself, who live in relative comfort and safety — do we not struggle to escape the shackles of our self-doubt, the tyranny of our pride, the slavery to our cell phones?
Fascism also means dictatorship, tyranny, autocracy, intolerance, the unwillingness to entertain the other view, the tendency to assume that one’s opinion is supreme and superior and that other human beings do not matter.
He finds Joel’s action inhumane and is sickened by FEDRA’s tyranny.
He said that March 23 is not merely a day but a symbol of battle against any type of injustice, tyranny and oppression.
He said the tyranny of hundreds of years of foreign rule pales in comparison to the “ruthlessness” of the Emergency.
His books include “Slouching Toward Tyranny: Mass Incarceration, Death Sentences and Racism” and his forthcoming “Too Close to the Flame”.
If Donald Trump had even a minimal regard for constitutional liberties and free market principles he would never have green-lighted Dr Fauci and his Virus Patrol and the resulting tyranny they erected virtually overnight.
In this way, they attempt to free people of tyranny in any way they can.
In Wano, Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates found out about his tyranny and decided to take him down once and for all.
My goal back then was to fight religious tyranny, which along with tradition and social customs has led to the deep repression of women in this country.
Thank you for taking on this tyranny and winning.
The brief hints given in the trailer suggest similar narrative themes of tyranny and dysfunction hidden beneath progress.