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Synonyms & Antonyms of tyranny
a system of government in which the ruler has unlimited power
- a popular uprising replaced that nation's tyranny with freedom and democracy
Synonyms for tyranny
- absolutism,
- autarchy,
- authoritarianism,
- autocracy,
- Caesarism,
- czarism
- (also tsarism or tzarism),
- despotism,
- dictatorship,
- totalism,
- totalitarianism
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“Tyranny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tyranny. Accessed 7 Mar. 2021.
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