Tyranny

//ˈtərəni//

Synonyms for "tyranny" (140 found)

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Translations

154 translations across 71 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • tirani noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)

Amharic

1 entries
  • አምባገነንነት noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • τυραννίς noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)

Arabic

2 entries
  • اِسْتِبْدَاد noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)
  • طُغْيَان noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)

Armenian

2 entries
  • բռնակալություն noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)
  • բռնապետություն noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • istibdad noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)
  • istibdad noun (absolute power, or its use)
  • tiraniya noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)
  • tiraniya noun (absolute power, or its use)

Basque

1 entries
  • tirania noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • тырані́я noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)

Bengali

1 entries
  • অত্যাচার noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • тирани́я noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)
  • тирани́я noun (absolute power, or its use)
  • тирани́я noun (extreme severity or rigour)

Catalan

2 entries
  • tirania noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)
  • tirania noun (absolute power, or its use)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 僭主政治 noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)
  • 暴戾 noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)
  • 暴政 noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)
  • 極權 /极权 noun (absolute power, or its use)

Czech

1 entries
  • tyranie noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)

Danish

3 entries
  • tyranni noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)
  • tyranni noun (absolute power, or its use)
  • tyranni noun (extreme severity or rigour)

Dari

3 entries
  • اِسْتِبْدَاد noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)
  • ظُلْم noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)
  • ظُلْم noun (extreme severity or rigour)

Dutch

1 entries
  • tyrannie noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • tiraneco noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)

Estonian

4 entries
  • türannia noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)
  • türannia noun (office or jurisdiction of an absolute ruler)
  • türannia noun (absolute power, or its use)
  • türannia noun (extreme severity or rigour)

Finnish

1 entries
  • tyrannia noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)

French

1 entries
  • tyrannie noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ტირანია noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)

German

4 entries
  • Tyrannei noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)
  • Tyrannei noun (absolute power, or its use)
  • Tyrannei noun (extreme severity or rigour)
  • Tyrannenherrschaft noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)

Greek

3 entries
  • τυραννία noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)
  • τυραννία noun (absolute power, or its use)
  • τυραννία noun (extreme severity or rigour)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • עָרִיצוּת noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)

Hindi

3 entries
  • अत्याचार noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)
  • ज़ुलमियत noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)
  • ज़ुल्म noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • zsarnokság noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)
  • zsarnokság noun (absolute power, or its use)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • harðstjórn noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • istibdad noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)
  • tirani noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)
  • tirani noun (absolute power, or its use)

Iranian Persian

3 entries
  • اِسْتِبْداد noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)
  • ظُلْم noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)
  • ظُلْم noun (extreme severity or rigour)

Irish

3 entries
  • aintiarnas noun (absolute power, or its use)
  • anlathas noun (absolute power, or its use)
  • tíorántacht noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)

Italian

4 entries
  • tirannia noun (absolute power, or its use)
  • tirannia noun (extreme severity or rigour)
  • tirannide noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)
  • tirannide noun (office or jurisdiction of an absolute ruler)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 圧政 noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)
  • 暴戻 noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)

Kazakh

3 entries
  • зомбылық noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)
  • зорлық noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)
  • зұлымдық noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ប្រជាហឹង្សា noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)

Korean

3 entries
  • 압정 noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)
  • 포학 noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)
  • 폭려 noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • залимдик noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)
  • тирания noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)

Latvian

1 entries
  • tirānija noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • tironija noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • тиранија noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)

Malay

2 entries
  • aniaya noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)
  • penganiayaan noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)

Manx

1 entries
  • ard-tranlaase noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)

Middle English

3 entries
  • tirannye noun (absolute power, or its use)
  • tirannye noun (extreme severity or rigour)
  • tyrauntrie noun (absolute power, or its use)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • zilm noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)
  • zordarî noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • tyranni noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • tyranni noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)

Old Norse

1 entries
  • ofríki noun (extreme severity or rigour)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • ظلم noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)
  • ظلم noun (absolute power, or its use)

Pashto

2 entries
  • استبداد noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)
  • ظلم noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)

Polish

4 entries
  • tyrania noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)
  • tyrania noun (office or jurisdiction of an absolute ruler)
  • tyrania noun (absolute power, or its use)
  • tyrania noun (extreme severity or rigour)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • tirania noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)
  • tirania noun (office or jurisdiction of an absolute ruler)
  • tirania noun (absolute power, or its use)
  • tirania noun (extreme severity or rigour)

Romanian

4 entries
  • tiranie noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)
  • tiranie noun (office or jurisdiction of an absolute ruler)
  • tiranie noun (absolute power, or its use)
  • tiranie noun (extreme severity or rigour)

Russian

4 entries
  • тирани́я noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)
  • тирани́я noun (office or jurisdiction of an absolute ruler)
  • тирани́я noun (absolute power, or its use)
  • тирани́я noun (extreme severity or rigour)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • tirànija noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)
  • tirànija noun (office or jurisdiction of an absolute ruler)
  • tirànija noun (absolute power, or its use)
  • tirànija noun (extreme severity or rigour)

Slovak

1 entries
  • tyrania noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)

Slovene

1 entries
  • tiranija noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)

Spanish

2 entries
  • tiranía noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)
  • tiranía noun (absolute power, or its use)

Swahili

1 entries
  • udhalimu class XI noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)

Swedish

1 entries
  • tyranni noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • tiraniya noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)

Tajik

2 entries
  • зулм noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)
  • истибдод noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)

Tamil

2 entries
  • கொடுங்கோல் noun (absolute power, or its use)
  • கொடுங்கோல் ஆட்சி noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)

Thai

1 entries
  • ทรราชย์ noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)

Turkish

2 entries
  • zorbalık noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)
  • zulüm noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)

Turkmen

2 entries
  • zalymlyk noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)
  • zulum noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • тирані́я noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)

Urdu

3 entries
  • اِسْتِبْداد noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)
  • ظُلْم noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)
  • ظُلْمِیَت noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)

Uyghur

2 entries
  • ئىستىبدات noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)
  • زالىملىق noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)

Uzbek

3 entries
  • istibdod noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)
  • zolimlik noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)
  • zulm noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • chế độ chuyên chế noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)
  • sự bạo ngược noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)
  • sự chuyên chế noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)

Volapük

1 entries
  • tiren noun (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)

Sample sentences

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People in the country were living under a tyranny.

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I will be reminded of tyranny and cruelty, if Nero is said.

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People will always resist tyranny.

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Under the reign of tyranny, innocent people were deprived of their citizenship.

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