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. President Biden:

   Putin knows that when I am president of the United States his days of tyranny and trying to intimidate the United States and those in Eastern Europe are over.

2. Thomas Jefferson:

   I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.

3. Mike Pence:

   I have traveled more than 5,000 miles from my home in Indiana to be here today because we share a common cause : the liberation of the Iranian people from decades of tyranny, and the rebirth of a free, peaceful, prosperous and democratic Iran.

4. 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.

5. Aloo Denish Obiero:

   The legacy of freedom is inscribed by those who envisioned a world liberated from tyranny, dared to challenge the fetters of oppression, and defended the pursuit of dignity and self-determination—ideals we must fervently uphold.

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