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tyranny

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of tyranny

a system of government in which the ruler has unlimited power

a popular uprising replaced that nationʼs tyranny with freedom and democracy

Synonyms of tyranny

absolutism, autarchy, authoritarianism, autocracy, Caesarism, czarism (also tsarism), despotism, dictatorship, totalism, totalitarianism

Words Related to tyranny

monarchism, monarchy, monocracy

Big Brother, Big Brotherism, Communism, fascism, Nazism

domination, oppression

Near Antonyms of tyranny

democracy, self-governance, self-government, self-rule

freedom, self-determination

autonomy, sovereignty (also sovranty)

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