Tyranny
noun'tɪrəni
Noun
a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
Type of:AutarchyAutocracydominance through threat of punishment and violence
Type of:AscendencyAscendenceAscendancy
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Similar Words
- Absolutism
- Authoritarianism
- Caesarism
- Despotism
- Dictatorship
- Monocracy
- Shogunate
- Stalinism
- Totalitarianism
- Tyrannic
- Tyrannical