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. House Speaker John Boehner:

   I hope that President Obama, if and when he has a conversation with the Cuban dictator during the Organization of American States summit, will take the opportunity to condemn this violence in the strongest possible terms and reaffirm that the United States should and must always stand on the side of human rights and democracy against Communist tyranny.

2. Alexander Hamilton, Speech on 21 June 1788 urging ratification of the Constitution in New York.:

   It has been observed that a pure democracy if it were practicable would be the most perfect government. Experience has proved that no position is more false than this. The ancient democracies in which the people themselves deliberated never possessed one good feature of government. Their very character was tyranny; their figure deformity.

3. Francis Quarles:

   Socrates called beauty a short-lived tyranny; Plato, a privilege of nature; Theophrastus, a silent cheat; Theocritus, a delightful prejudice; Carneades, a solitary kingdom; Aristotle, that it was better than all the letters of recommendation in the world; Homer, that it was a glorious gift of nature; and Ovid, that it was favor bestowed by the gods.

4. The Congress party:

   If this is n’t tyranny, then what is ?

5. 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.