Get to know Tyranny better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like absolutism or despotism.
Tyranny in a sentence
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.
Synonyms of Tyranny
Using Tyranny
- The main meaning on this page is: 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.
- Useful related words include: absolutism, despotism, ascendance, dominance.
- In the example corpus, tyranny often appears in combinations such as: tyranny of, the tyranny, tyranny and.
Context around Tyranny
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 12 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tyranny
- In this selection, "tyranny" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, define, blown, dictatorship, doesn, autocracy and mass stand out and add context to how "tyranny" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1966 the tyranny of distance and about his tyranny and decided. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tyranny" sits close to words such as antagonist, benton and bolivia, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tyranny
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Thank you for taking on this tyranny and winning. (9 words)
By the way, what has this tyranny of numbers translated into? (11 words)
The people who defended Akpabio’s tyranny are now defending governor Udom Emmanuel’s tyranny. (15 words)
The decades of tyranny by Baath men in olive uniforms were over; we supposedly were reaching the end of the tunnel, but what was a bright light at the end turned out to be a flare of a forthcoming hell. (40 words)
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. (39 words)
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". (37 words)
By the way, what has this tyranny of numbers translated into? (11 words)
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? (36 words)
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 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.
The decades of tyranny by Baath men in olive uniforms were over; we supposedly were reaching the end of the tunnel, but what was a bright light at the end turned out to be a flare of a forthcoming hell.
Common combinations with tyranny
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- tyranny of 39×
- the tyranny 36×
- tyranny and 25×
- of tyranny 22×
- and tyranny 15×
- against tyranny 12×
- tyranny in 9×
- to tyranny 7×
- tyranny is 7×
- tyranny to 5×