Antonyms for Tyranny
ˈtɪr ə nityran·ny

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1. tyranny

   Antonyms:
   freedom, independence, humanity, clemency, constitutionalism

   Synonyms:
   despotism, inclemency, persecution, autocracy

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1. • Autocracy

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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, tyranny, 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, tyranny, monocracy, totalitarianism

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1. tyrannynoun

   Synonyms:
   despotism, absolutism, oppression, rigor, severity

How to use Tyranny in a sentence?

1. Samuel Yeung:

   The anti-mask law has become a tool of tyranny, they can make use of the emergency law to enact any policies or laws that the government wants. There's no rule of law anymore. We can only be united and protest.

2. Sonia Krimi:

   The most important thing for me is to be able to do my work, and part of my work is to vote fair laws, otherwise we'll become like any other movement, with the tyranny of the party.

3. Michael Parenti:

   The worst forms of tyranny, or certainly the most successful ones, are not those we rail against but those that so insinuate themselves into the imagery of our consciousness, and the fabric of our lives, as not to be perceived as tyranny.

4. George Bush:

   So it is the policy of the United States to seek and support the growth of democratic movements and institutions in every nation and culture, with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world

5. John Bryant:

   If you are afraid to speak against tyranny, then you are already a slave.

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