Word of the Day:
tyranny
What It Means
A government in which a single ruler (a tyrant) has absolute power, or this system of government; especially, one that acts cruelly and unjustly.
The office or jurisdiction of an absolute ruler.
Absolute power, or its use.
Tyranny in Context
“Control, dispossession, violence, and tyranny are not “defensive”: they are part of an organized, ongoing aggression.”
Did You Know?
Inherited from Middle English tirannye, from Old French tyrannie, from Medieval Latin tyrannia, tyrania, from Ancient Greek τυραννία (turannía, “tyranny”), from τύραννος (túrannos, “lord, master, sovereign, tyrant”).
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