tyranny 音标拼音: [t'ɪrəni]
n . 压治统治,暴政
压治统治,暴政
tyranny n 1 :
a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (
not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc .) [
synonym : {
dictatorship }, {
absolutism },
{
authoritarianism }, {
Caesarism }, {
despotism }, {
monocracy },
{
one -
man rule }, {
shogunate }, {
Stalinism },
{
totalitarianism }, {
tyranny }]
2 :
dominance through threat of punishment and violence [
synonym :
{
absolutism }, {
tyranny }, {
despotism }]
Tyranny \
Tyr "
an *
ny \ (
t [
i ^]
r "
an *
n [
y ^]),
n . [
OE .
tirannye ,
OF .
tirannie ,
F .
tyrannie ;
cf .
It .
tirannia ;
Gr .
tyranni `
a ,
tyranni `
s ,
L .
tyrannis .
See {
Tyrant }.]
1 .
The government or authority of a tyrant ;
a country governed by an absolute ruler ;
hence ,
arbitrary or despotic exercise of power ;
exercise of power over subjects and others with a rigor not authorized by law or justice ,
or not requisite for the purposes of government .
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1913 Webster ]
"
Sir ,"
would he [
Seneca ]
say , "
an emperor mote need Be virtuous and hate tyranny ." --
Chaucer .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
Cruel government or discipline ;
as ,
the tyranny of a schoolmaster .
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3 .
Severity ;
rigor ;
inclemency .
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The tyranny of the open night '
s too rough For nature to endure . --
Shak .
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1913 Webster ]
125 Moby Thesaurus words for "
tyranny ":
Caesarism ,
Nazism ,
Stalinism ,
absolute monarchy ,
absolutism ,
arbitrariness ,
argumentum baculinum ,
aristocracy ,
autarchy ,
authoritarianism ,
autocracy ,
autonomy ,
benevolent despotism ,
big battalions ,
big stick ,
bond service ,
bondage ,
brute force ,
captivity ,
coalition government ,
colonialism ,
commonwealth ,
constitutional government ,
constitutional monarchy ,
control ,
czarism ,
debt slavery ,
democracy ,
deprivation of freedom ,
despotism ,
dictatorship ,
disenfranchisement ,
disfranchisement ,
domination ,
domineering ,
dominion rule ,
duarchy ,
duumvirate ,
dyarchy ,
enslavement ,
enthrallment ,
fascism ,
federal government ,
federation ,
feudal system ,
feudalism ,
feudality ,
force ,
garrison state ,
gerontocracy ,
heavy hand ,
helotism ,
helotry ,
heteronomy ,
hierarchy ,
hierocracy ,
high hand ,
home rule ,
indentureship ,
iron boot ,
iron hand ,
iron heel ,
kaiserism ,
limited monarchy ,
main force ,
martial law ,
meritocracy ,
militarism ,
military government ,
mob rule ,
mobocracy ,
monarchy ,
monocracy ,
naked force ,
neocolonialism ,
ochlocracy ,
oligarchy ,
one -
man rule ,
one -
party rule ,
oppression ,
pantisocracy ,
paternalism ,
patriarchate ,
patriarchy ,
peonage ,
physical force ,
police state ,
pure democracy ,
regency ,
reign of terror ,
representative democracy ,
representative government ,
republic ,
restraint ,
rule of might ,
self -
determination ,
self -
government ,
serfdom ,
serfhood ,
servility ,
servitude ,
slavery ,
social democracy ,
steamroller ,
stratocracy ,
subjection ,
subjugation ,
suppression ,
technocracy ,
terrorism ,
thearchy ,
theocracy ,
thought control ,
thrall ,
thralldom ,
totalitarian government ,
totalitarian regime ,
totalitarianism ,
totality ,
triarchy ,
triumvirate ,
ultima ratio ,
vassalage ,
villenage ,
welfare state
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