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tyrannical

[ ti-ran-i-kuhl, tahy- ]

adjective

  1. of or characteristic of a tyrant.
  2. unjustly cruel, harsh, or severe; arbitrary or oppressive; despotic:

    a tyrannical ruler.

    Synonyms: , ,



tyrannical

/ tɪˈrænɪkəl; tɪˈrænɪk /

adjective

  1. characteristic of or relating to a tyrant or to tyranny; oppressive
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ٲˈԲԾԱ, noun
  • ٲˈԲԾ, adverb
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Other Word Forms

  • ٲ·n·· adverb
  • ٲ·n··Ա noun
  • ԴDzt·n adjective
  • ԴDzt·n· adjective
  • nonٲ·n·· adverb
  • nonٲ·n··Ա noun
  • t·n· adjective
  • ܲȴ-ٲ·n· adjective
  • quasi-ٲ·n·· adverb
  • ܲt·n adjective
  • ܲt·n· adjective
  • unٲ·n·· adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tyrannical1

1530–40; < Latin tyrannic ( us ) (< Greek ٲԲԾó, equivalent to ýԲ ( os ) tyrant + -ikos -ic ) + -al 1
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They also believed that it was on the ordinary citizens of America to take up arms against a tyrannical ruling order, no matter what the cost to innocent lives might be.

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And having lived under the conditions of a tyrannical government, the authors of the Bill of Rights understood the primacy of free speech.

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Social commentator and civil rights activist Laura Miti accused the US embassy of "hypocrisy", while also labelling the new law "tyrannical".

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In a tyrannical system, the accused’s guilt is determined by their being accused in the first place.

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No one is uninfected by this particular plague; monsters also lurk in militias, cults and FEDRA, the tyrannical government agency assembled in the early days of the pandemic.

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