tyranny
US: /ˈtɪɹəni/
UK: /tˈɪɹənˌi/
UK: /tˈɪɹənˌi/
English Vietnamese dictionary
tyranny /'tirəni/
- danh từ
- sự bạo ngược, sự chuyên chế
- hành động bạo ngược, hành động chuyên chế
- chính thể bạo chúa, chính thể chuyên chế
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun [U, C] (plural tyrannies)
1 unfair or cruel use of power or authority: a victim of oppression and tyranny + The children had no protection against the tyranny of their father. + the tyrannies of Nazi rule + (figurative) These days it seems we must all submit to the tyranny of the motor car.
2 the rule of a tyrant; a country under this rule: a protest against tyranny + Any political system refusing to allow dissent becomes a tyranny.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
autocracy, Fascism, authoritarianism, absolutism, despotism, dictatorship, Stalinism, Nazism; arbitrariness, oppression, suppression, subjugation, enslavement, enthralment, domination:
Tyranny would not survive long were it not expedient for its supporters.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
petty
VERB + TYRANNY
be freed from, overthrow | impose
(often figurative) An artist's need for money imposes the tyranny of popular taste.
PREP.
~ over
her tyranny over her staff
Concise English dictionary
tyrannies'tɪrənɪ
noun
+a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
+dominance through threat of punishment and violence
