Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - tyranny
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Tyranny
tyranny
(tyrannies) 1. A tyranny is a cruel, harsh, and unfair government in which a person or small group of people have power over everyone else. Self-expression and individuality are the greatest weapons against tyranny. N-VAR 2. If you describe someone’s behaviour and treatment of others that they have authority over as tyranny, you mean that they are severe with them or unfair to them. I’m the sole victim of Mother’s tyranny. N-UNCOUNT 3. You can describe something that you have to use or have as a tyranny if you think it is undesirable or unpleasant. The telephone is one of the great tyrannies of modern life. N-COUNT: oft N of n
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noun (plural -nies) Etymology: Middle English tyrannie, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin tyrannia, from Latin tyrannus tyrant Date: 14th century 1. oppressive power every form of ~ over the mind of man — Thomas Jefferson; especially oppressive power exerted by government the ~ of a police state 2. a. a government in which absolute power is vested in a single ruler; especially one characteristic of an ancient Greek city-state b. the office, authority, and administration of a tyrant 3. a rigorous condition imposed by some outside agency or force living under the ~ of the clock — Dixon Wecter 4. a tyrannical act workers who had suffered tyrannies ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. (pl. -ies) 1 the cruel and arbitrary use of authority. 2 a tyrannical act; tyrannical behaviour. 3 a rule by a tyrant. b a period of this. c a State ruled by a tyrant. Derivatives tyrannous adj. tyrannously adv. Etymology: ME f. OF tyrannie f. med.L tyrannia f. Gk turannia (as TYRANT) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
1. тирания, деспотизм 2. тиранство, жестокость the tyranny of fashion —- деспотизм моды ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ n 1 unfair and strict control over someone (He longed to escape from the tyranny of his aunt.) 2 government by one person or a small group that has gained power unfairly and uses it cruelly 3 the tyranny of fashion/the clock etc the way that fashion etc limits people's freedom to do things the way they want to do 4 (countable often plural a cruel or unfair action that limits someone's freedom (the tyrannies of Louis XVI's court) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- c.1370, "cruel or unjust use of power," from O.Fr. tyrannie, from L.L. tyrannia "tyranny," from Gk. tyrannia, from tyrannos "master" (see tyrant). Tyrannize is first attested 1494; tyrannical was formed 1538. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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