Synonym: Caesarism, Stalinism, absolutism, authoritarianism, despotism, dictatorship, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, totalitarianism. Similar words: tyrant, fertility rate, per annum, sunny, funny, martyr, at any rate, cannot. Meaning: ['tɪrənɪ] 
n. 1. a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) 2. dominance through threat of punishment and violence.
n. 1. a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) 2. dominance through threat of punishment and violence. 
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121. The American people have unalterably set their faces against that tyranny.
122. The world suffers most from the disinterested tyranny of its well-wisher.
123. Yet Libya and its long-suffering tribal society, sitting atop vast oil riches, faces an uncertain future as it tries to establish a real government in place of the dead leader's personal tyranny.
124. The ex-president is said to have confessed to a group of Palestinian officials that God told him to "fight those terrorists in Afghanistan . . . and end the tyranny in Iraq".
125. Here the Allies stood and fought against tyranny in a giant undertaking unparalleled in human history.
126. It pleased me to domineer over her, and she generally submitted to my tyranny rather than risk a hand-to-hand encounter.
127. The events of 1989 did away with political tyranny, stultifying central planning, shoddy output and shortages.
128. This makes one think of the Duma during appearance symbolizes the collapse of the Czar tyranny.
129. Great kingdom's arrogance and cultural tyranny wrongly urged the Qing Court to choose to use west products, to apply west culture,(Sentencedict) the retaliative punishment unfortunately occurred in Opium War.
130. Nor are we yet in sight of George Orwell's brilliantly imagined tyranny.
131. Insecure and fearful of its own people, the oligarchy preserves itself through tyranny.
132. Some people say such indictments prolonged the tyranny of Charles Taylor in Liberia and are now obstructing chances of peace with the murderous Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda.
133. We were the first, in this ancient island, to draw the sword against tyranny.
134. I won′t remain supperless even though you refute every one of my imputations . "The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny."
More similar words: tyrant, fertility rate, per annum, sunny, funny, martyr, at any rate, cannot, annul, wanna, annoy, manner, annual, manned, planner, channel, annually, cannot help, announce, planning, annotation, announced, anniversary, announcement, annunciation, well-mannered, more often than not, rank, brand, grand.