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Tyranny

//ˈtərəni//

Synonyms for "tyranny" (140 found)

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Name, noun, verb(1 words)

Noun, verb(2 words)

control brute force

Noun(100 words)

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autarchy subjugation triumvirate terrorism welfare state persecution villenage theocracy captivity mob rule servitude patriarchate bondage subjection patriarchy feudalism duumvirate garrison state serfdom police state feudal system authoritarianism peonage oligarchy iron hand ochlocracy neocolonialism nazism mobocracy enslavement meritocracy autocracy enthrallment vassalage gerontocracy federal government stalinism thearchy technocracy hierocracy absolute monarchy thought control social democracy heteronomy feudality pantisocracy totalitarianism dyarchy stratocracy military government triarchy disenfranchisement constitutional monarchy duarchy helotism representative democracy representative government limited monarchy pure democracy helotry disfranchisement thralldom serfhood indentureship Caesarism iron heel arbitrariness paternalism bond service debt slavery monocracy reign of terror argumentum baculinum shogunate big stick one-man rule kaiserism czarism ultima ratio tyranthood

Name, noun(5 words)

commonwealth regency republic democracy home rule

Adj, name, noun(1 words)

Adj, noun, verb(1 words)

Adj, noun(1 words)

Adj, name, noun, verb(1 words)

main force totalitarian regime coalition government constitutional government dominion rule totalitarian government heavy hand deprivation of freedom one-man rule iron boot high hand benevolent despotism one-party rule physical force big battalions naked force rule of might

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Noun, verb, slang(1 words)

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