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, 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. • 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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How to use Tyranny in a sentence?

1. Alan Bloom:

   Freedom of the mind requires not only, or not even especially, the absence of legal constraints but the presence of alternative thoughts. The most successful tyranny is not the one that uses force to assure uniformity, but the one that removes awareness of other possibilities.

2. 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.

3. William Blake:

   I am really sorry to see my countrymen trouble themselves about politics. If men were wise, the most arbitrary princes could not hurt them. If they are not wise, the freest government is compelled to be a tyranny. Princes appear to me to be fools. Houses of Commons and Houses of Lords appear to me to be fools; they seem to me to be something else besides human life.

4. Assem Barua:

   It is crystal clear now that all naxalite groups were government funded people only because no Assamese has guts to speak and fight against the tyranny of govt in imposing unconstitutional rule 'No vaccination No Entry

5. Hannah Arendt:

   Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.