Synonyms for tyranny
ˈtɪr ə nityran·ny

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1. tyranny

   Synonyms:
   despotism, inclemency, persecution, autocracy

   Antonyms:
   freedom, independence, humanity, clemency, constitutionalism

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1. dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyrannynoun

   a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

   Synonyms:
   shogunate, totalism, dictatorship, authoritarianism, one-man rule, absolutism, despotism, monocracy, totalitarianism

2. absolutism, tyranny, despotismnoun

   dominance through threat of punishment and violence

   Synonyms:
   shogunate, totalism, dictatorship, authoritarianism, one-man rule, absolutism, despotism, monocracy, totalitarianism

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1. • Autocracy

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1. tyrannynoun

   Synonyms:
   despotism, absolutism, dictatorship, arbitrary power, despotic rule

2. tyrannynoun

   Synonyms:
   oppression, iron rule, reign of terror, cruel government

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1. tyrannynoun

   Synonyms:
   despotism, absolutism, oppression, rigor, severity

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1. List of paraphrases for "tyranny":

   despotism, tyrant, dictatorship, oppression

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1. Dan Quayle, remarks at Arlington National Cemetery:

   Make no mistake about it: Operation Desert Storm truly was a victory of good over evil, of freedom over tyranny, of peace over war.

2. Mike Huckabee:

   I will not acquiesce to an imperial court any more than our founders acquiesced to an imperial British monarch. We must resist and reject judicial tyranny, not retreat.

3. Bertrand Russell:

   Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are embodied in one maxim: The fortunate must not be restrained in the exercise of tyranny over the unfortunate.

4. Michael Tien:

   If That Lai fight, That Lai might have a miracle happen, if That Lai don't fight, That Lai have to submit to the tyranny. I just think that if That Lai have been able to eliminate slavery That Lai have the ability to eliminate tyranny, too. That Lai's hopeful.

5. Phil Trieb:

   [I]f we won’t choose to pay the price of liberty, then by default we shall suffer the cost of servitude -- whether it be the iron chains of a tyrannical oligarchy or the regulatory chains of unelected, faceless bureaucrats. When we witness our neighbors abused by tyrants, will we skulk away and hope we’re not next? Or will we stand by them and challenge -- as freedom-loving Americans -- the tyranny of lawless leaders.