tyranny als zelfstandig naamwoord: - 1
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tyranny
zelfstandig naamwoord
1 tyranny
A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.).
synoniemen: absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, dictatorship, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism.
Roget 739:
severity;
strictness,
harshness
etc.
adj.;
rigor,
stringency,
austerity;
inclemency
etc.
(pitilessness)
914.1;
arrogance
etc.
885;
precisianism†.
arbitrary power;
absolutism,
despotism;
dictatorship,
autocracy,
tyranny,
domineering,
oppression;
assumption,
usurpation;
inquisition,
reign of terror,
martial law;
iron heel,
iron rule,
iron hand,
iron sway;
tight grasp;
brute force,
brute strength;
coercion
etc.
744;
strong hand,
tight hand.
hard lines,
hard measure;
tender mercies [Iron.];
sharp practice;
pipe-clay,
officialism.
tyrant,
disciplinarian,
precisian†,
martinet,
stickler,
bashaw†,
despot,
hard master,
Draco,
oppressor,
inquisitor,
extortioner,
harpy,
vulture;
accipitres†,
birds of prey,
raptorials†,
raptors†.
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Roget 885:
insolence;
haughtiness
etc.
adj.;
arrogance,
airs;
overbearance†;
domineering
etc.
v.;
tyranny
etc.
739.
impertinence;
sauciness
etc.
adj.;
flippancy,
dicacity†,
petulance,
procacity†,
bluster;
swagger,
swaggering
etc.
v.;
bounce;
terrorism.
assumption,
presumption;
beggar on horseback;
usurpation.
impudence,
assurance,
audacity,
hardihood,
front,
face,
brass;
shamelessness
etc.
adj.;
effrontery,
hardened front,
face of brass.
assumption of infallibility.
saucebox
etc.
(blusterer)
887†.
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Nederlands: stalinisme, tyrannie, totalitarisme, absolutisme, alleenheerschappij, autocratie, despotisme, dictatuur, dwingelandij, monocratie, tirannie ... meer laten zien
Pools: autorytaryzm
2 tyranny
Dominance through threat of punishment and violence.
synoniemen: absolutism, despotism.
Pools: despotyczność, apodyktyczność, despotyzm
Moby betekeniswoordenboek: Caesarism, Nazism, Stalinism, absolute monarchy, absolutism, arbitrariness, argumentum baculinum, aristocracy, autarchy, authoritarianism, autocracy, autonomy, benevolent despotism, big battalions, big stick, bond service, bondage, brute force, captivity, coalition government, colonialism, commonwealth, constitutional government, constitutional monarchy, control, czarism, debt slavery, democracy, deprivation of freedom, despotism, dictatorship, disenfranchisement, disfranchisement, domination, domineering, dominion rule, duarchy, duumvirate, dyarchy, enslavement, enthrallment, fascism, federal government, federation, feudal system, feudalism, feudality, force, garrison state, gerontocracy, heavy hand, helotism, helotry, heteronomy, hierarchy, hierocracy, high hand, home rule, indentureship, iron boot, iron hand, iron heel, kaiserism, limited monarchy, main force, martial law, meritocracy, militarism, military government, mob rule, mobocracy, monarchy, monocracy, naked force, neocolonialism, ochlocracy, oligarchy, one-man rule, one-party rule, oppression, pantisocracy, paternalism, patriarchate, patriarchy, peonage, physical force, police state, pure democracy, regency, reign of terror, representative democracy, representative government, republic, restraint, rule of might, self-determination, self-government, serfdom, serfhood, servility, servitude, slavery, social democracy, steamroller, stratocracy, subjection, subjugation, suppression, technocracy, terrorism, thearchy, theocracy, thought control, thrall, thralldom, totalitarian government, totalitarian regime, totalitarianism, totality, triarchy, triumvirate, ultima ratio, vassalage, villenage, welfare state ... meer laten zien.
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