Definition of tyrannicide in English:

tyrannicide

noun tɪˈranɪsʌɪdtʌɪˈranɪsʌɪdtəˈrænəˌsaɪd

mass noun

1The killing of a tyrant.
ethical justification of tyrannicide
count noun the republic was founded after a tyrannicide
Example sentencesExamples
- I had my sword for company, my ally and partner in tyrannicide.
- It stood at the center of impassioned debate throughout Europe three hundred years later because it provided the most notable theoretical justification for the legitimacy of tyrannicide written by a Christian authority.
- The closest it comes to that, perhaps, is Marsilius of Padua's Defensor Pacis, where a defense of tyrannicide is justified as an act to restore civil society to naturally peaceful relations, not to change or revolutionize it.
- John contended that tyrannicide was a duty if it set people free for the service of God.
- My ideas as to the exact means of tyrannicide were distinctly vague.
- Moreover, tyrannicide is intrinsically interesting, involving as it does political assassination or attempted assassination.
- For instance, while he states that there are instances when tyrannicide is justified (for example against tyrannical usurpers), killing a prince presumed to be a tyrant is forbidden if ‘the prince is an absolute sovereign.’
- Let us now return to the focus of this essay and examine how the two sculptures by Donatello relate to John of Salisbury's discussions of the state and tyrannicide.
- As a political strategy there are plenty of reasons not to get too enthusiastic about tyrannicide.
- It is in his practical views on tyrannicide and political murder that Sexby's real inheritance still haunts us.
- Both Jean Petit and Jean Gerson picked up the Policratirus's emphasis on Judith as an exemplar of tyrannicide and cited her in the debates at Paris and Constance.
- Classical tyrannicide was valorized because it could remove the oppressor with the minimum force.
- Regarded as a major ancient source on tyranny and tyrannicide, it was the only text attributed to Plutarch known and taught during the fourteenth and much of the fifteenth century.
- The Judith and Holofernes and the David evoke references to tyrannicide well known to the Medici and to other members of the educated elite in Florence through ancient and contemporary texts.
- To buttress his stance that the Church sanctioned such assassinations, Petit drew on Thomas Aquinas and other theologians, but the defense rested on John of Salisbury's explicit theories about the legitimacy of tyrannicide.
- Together, they fuel what Page DuBois calls ‘an allegorical, utopian call for tyrannicide in the name of postcapitalist, postpatriarchal future.’
- And here is the Christian who struggles with his participation in an act of tyrannicide.
1. 1.1count noun The killer of a tyrant.
  Example sentencesExamples
  The Tyrannicides were even cited as the liberators of Athens in drinking songs.
  Since Mariana is no revolutionary, he does not make it easy for would-be tyrannicides.
  Although Judith was a new symbol to Florence, John of Salisbury's citation of her as a paradigmatic tyrannicide made the Old Testament heroine a second exemplar.
  They had been raised on edifying tales of Greek tyrannicides that always ended in the liberation of the city.
  To begin with the obvious: they both depict tyrannicides.
  But one suspects that their looted statue of the Athenian tyrannicides was not on public view at Susa.
  Attributed to the famous poet Simonides, it extolled the tyrannicides and their liberation of Athens with the words, ‘A marvelous great light shone upon Athens when Aristogeiton and Harmodios slew Hipparchus.’
  His objective in writing it was to defend the reputation of Dante, who, rather than according immortality to Cassius and Brutus as tyrannicides, had deemed them murderers and relegated them to the lowest circles of the Inferno.
  The main form this took were acts of assassination for political and politico-religious ends: the tyrannicides of Greece and Rome, the Zealots of Palestine, the Hashashin of medieval Islam.
  Why were the tyrannicides honoured in the first place?
  The tyrannicides in ancient Greece, the Assassins and the regicides in the Middle Ages were suicide terrorists.

Derivatives

tyrannicidal

adjective tɪranɪˈsʌɪd(ə)ltʌɪranɪˈsʌɪd(ə)ltəˌrænəˈsaɪdl

Holstun analyzes how Felton in this poem ‘proclaims his tyrannicidal affiliations, maintaining nominal piety and obedience as a civil subject while asserting his status as a divinely sanctioned tyrannicide’.
Example sentencesExamples
- I must have bit my lips not to reply that I suddenly felt a strong tyrannicidal urge.
- The tyrannicidal undertaking proves, however, to be more difficult than the young man imagined, also because the private Napoleon is far different from his reputation as a ruthless tyrant.
- This explains why Philip III welcomed the tyrannicidal De. rege as an advice book that represented his own virtue as a ruler.
- By celebrating his tyrannicidal, republic-loving ancestors, Brutus shows his agenda very clearly, and his assassination of Caesar on March 15th, 44BC should come as no surprise to anyone who had bothered to pay attention to the propaganda of his coinage.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from French, from Latin tyrannicida 'killer of a tyrant', tyrannicidium 'killing of a tyrant' (see tyrant, -cide).

Definition of tyrannicide in US English:

tyrannicide

nountəˈrænəˌsaɪdtəˈranəˌsīd

1The killing of a tyrant.
ethical justification of tyrannicide
count noun the republic was founded after a tyrannicide
Example sentencesExamples
- John contended that tyrannicide was a duty if it set people free for the service of God.
- And here is the Christian who struggles with his participation in an act of tyrannicide.
- For instance, while he states that there are instances when tyrannicide is justified (for example against tyrannical usurpers), killing a prince presumed to be a tyrant is forbidden if ‘the prince is an absolute sovereign.’
- It is in his practical views on tyrannicide and political murder that Sexby's real inheritance still haunts us.
- Moreover, tyrannicide is intrinsically interesting, involving as it does political assassination or attempted assassination.
- The closest it comes to that, perhaps, is Marsilius of Padua's Defensor Pacis, where a defense of tyrannicide is justified as an act to restore civil society to naturally peaceful relations, not to change or revolutionize it.
- Classical tyrannicide was valorized because it could remove the oppressor with the minimum force.
- The Judith and Holofernes and the David evoke references to tyrannicide well known to the Medici and to other members of the educated elite in Florence through ancient and contemporary texts.
- I had my sword for company, my ally and partner in tyrannicide.
- It stood at the center of impassioned debate throughout Europe three hundred years later because it provided the most notable theoretical justification for the legitimacy of tyrannicide written by a Christian authority.
- Let us now return to the focus of this essay and examine how the two sculptures by Donatello relate to John of Salisbury's discussions of the state and tyrannicide.
- Both Jean Petit and Jean Gerson picked up the Policratirus's emphasis on Judith as an exemplar of tyrannicide and cited her in the debates at Paris and Constance.
- Regarded as a major ancient source on tyranny and tyrannicide, it was the only text attributed to Plutarch known and taught during the fourteenth and much of the fifteenth century.
- To buttress his stance that the Church sanctioned such assassinations, Petit drew on Thomas Aquinas and other theologians, but the defense rested on John of Salisbury's explicit theories about the legitimacy of tyrannicide.
- Together, they fuel what Page DuBois calls ‘an allegorical, utopian call for tyrannicide in the name of postcapitalist, postpatriarchal future.’
- My ideas as to the exact means of tyrannicide were distinctly vague.
- As a political strategy there are plenty of reasons not to get too enthusiastic about tyrannicide.
1. 1.1 The killer of a tyrant.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Why were the tyrannicides honoured in the first place?
  The Tyrannicides were even cited as the liberators of Athens in drinking songs.
  The main form this took were acts of assassination for political and politico-religious ends: the tyrannicides of Greece and Rome, the Zealots of Palestine, the Hashashin of medieval Islam.
  They had been raised on edifying tales of Greek tyrannicides that always ended in the liberation of the city.
  Attributed to the famous poet Simonides, it extolled the tyrannicides and their liberation of Athens with the words, ‘A marvelous great light shone upon Athens when Aristogeiton and Harmodios slew Hipparchus.’
  But one suspects that their looted statue of the Athenian tyrannicides was not on public view at Susa.
  The tyrannicides in ancient Greece, the Assassins and the regicides in the Middle Ages were suicide terrorists.
  Since Mariana is no revolutionary, he does not make it easy for would-be tyrannicides.
  His objective in writing it was to defend the reputation of Dante, who, rather than according immortality to Cassius and Brutus as tyrannicides, had deemed them murderers and relegated them to the lowest circles of the Inferno.
  Although Judith was a new symbol to Florence, John of Salisbury's citation of her as a paradigmatic tyrannicide made the Old Testament heroine a second exemplar.
  To begin with the obvious: they both depict tyrannicides.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from French, from Latin tyrannicida ‘killer of a tyrant’, tyrannicidium ‘killing of a tyrant’ (see tyrant, -cide).

单词	tyrannicide
释义	Definition of tyrannicide in English: tyrannicide noun tɪˈranɪsʌɪdtʌɪˈranɪsʌɪdtəˈrænəˌsaɪd mass noun 1The killing of a tyrant. ethical justification of tyrannicide count noun the republic was founded after a tyrannicide Example sentencesExamples I had my sword for company, my ally and partner in tyrannicide. It stood at the center of impassioned debate throughout Europe three hundred years later because it provided the most notable theoretical justification for the legitimacy of tyrannicide written by a Christian authority. The closest it comes to that, perhaps, is Marsilius of Padua's Defensor Pacis, where a defense of tyrannicide is justified as an act to restore civil society to naturally peaceful relations, not to change or revolutionize it. John contended that tyrannicide was a duty if it set people free for the service of God. My ideas as to the exact means of tyrannicide were distinctly vague. Moreover, tyrannicide is intrinsically interesting, involving as it does political assassination or attempted assassination. For instance, while he states that there are instances when tyrannicide is justified (for example against tyrannical usurpers), killing a prince presumed to be a tyrant is forbidden if ‘the prince is an absolute sovereign.’ Let us now return to the focus of this essay and examine how the two sculptures by Donatello relate to John of Salisbury's discussions of the state and tyrannicide. As a political strategy there are plenty of reasons not to get too enthusiastic about tyrannicide. It is in his practical views on tyrannicide and political murder that Sexby's real inheritance still haunts us. Both Jean Petit and Jean Gerson picked up the Policratirus's emphasis on Judith as an exemplar of tyrannicide and cited her in the debates at Paris and Constance. Classical tyrannicide was valorized because it could remove the oppressor with the minimum force. Regarded as a major ancient source on tyranny and tyrannicide, it was the only text attributed to Plutarch known and taught during the fourteenth and much of the fifteenth century. The Judith and Holofernes and the David evoke references to tyrannicide well known to the Medici and to other members of the educated elite in Florence through ancient and contemporary texts. To buttress his stance that the Church sanctioned such assassinations, Petit drew on Thomas Aquinas and other theologians, but the defense rested on John of Salisbury's explicit theories about the legitimacy of tyrannicide. Together, they fuel what Page DuBois calls ‘an allegorical, utopian call for tyrannicide in the name of postcapitalist, postpatriarchal future.’ And here is the Christian who struggles with his participation in an act of tyrannicide. 1.1count noun The killer of a tyrant. Example sentencesExamples The Tyrannicides were even cited as the liberators of Athens in drinking songs. Since Mariana is no revolutionary, he does not make it easy for would-be tyrannicides. Although Judith was a new symbol to Florence, John of Salisbury's citation of her as a paradigmatic tyrannicide made the Old Testament heroine a second exemplar. They had been raised on edifying tales of Greek tyrannicides that always ended in the liberation of the city. To begin with the obvious: they both depict tyrannicides. But one suspects that their looted statue of the Athenian tyrannicides was not on public view at Susa. Attributed to the famous poet Simonides, it extolled the tyrannicides and their liberation of Athens with the words, ‘A marvelous great light shone upon Athens when Aristogeiton and Harmodios slew Hipparchus.’ His objective in writing it was to defend the reputation of Dante, who, rather than according immortality to Cassius and Brutus as tyrannicides, had deemed them murderers and relegated them to the lowest circles of the Inferno. The main form this took were acts of assassination for political and politico-religious ends: the tyrannicides of Greece and Rome, the Zealots of Palestine, the Hashashin of medieval Islam. Why were the tyrannicides honoured in the first place? The tyrannicides in ancient Greece, the Assassins and the regicides in the Middle Ages were suicide terrorists. Derivatives tyrannicidal adjective tɪranɪˈsʌɪd(ə)ltʌɪranɪˈsʌɪd(ə)ltəˌrænəˈsaɪdl Holstun analyzes how Felton in this poem ‘proclaims his tyrannicidal affiliations, maintaining nominal piety and obedience as a civil subject while asserting his status as a divinely sanctioned tyrannicide’. Example sentencesExamples I must have bit my lips not to reply that I suddenly felt a strong tyrannicidal urge. The tyrannicidal undertaking proves, however, to be more difficult than the young man imagined, also because the private Napoleon is far different from his reputation as a ruthless tyrant. This explains why Philip III welcomed the tyrannicidal De. rege as an advice book that represented his own virtue as a ruler. By celebrating his tyrannicidal, republic-loving ancestors, Brutus shows his agenda very clearly, and his assassination of Caesar on March 15th, 44BC should come as no surprise to anyone who had bothered to pay attention to the propaganda of his coinage. Origin Mid 17th century: from French, from Latin tyrannicida 'killer of a tyrant', tyrannicidium 'killing of a tyrant' (see tyrant, -cide). Definition of tyrannicide in US English: tyrannicide nountəˈrænəˌsaɪdtəˈranəˌsīd 1The killing of a tyrant. ethical justification of tyrannicide count noun the republic was founded after a tyrannicide Example sentencesExamples John contended that tyrannicide was a duty if it set people free for the service of God. And here is the Christian who struggles with his participation in an act of tyrannicide. For instance, while he states that there are instances when tyrannicide is justified (for example against tyrannical usurpers), killing a prince presumed to be a tyrant is forbidden if ‘the prince is an absolute sovereign.’ It is in his practical views on tyrannicide and political murder that Sexby's real inheritance still haunts us. Moreover, tyrannicide is intrinsically interesting, involving as it does political assassination or attempted assassination. The closest it comes to that, perhaps, is Marsilius of Padua's Defensor Pacis, where a defense of tyrannicide is justified as an act to restore civil society to naturally peaceful relations, not to change or revolutionize it. Classical tyrannicide was valorized because it could remove the oppressor with the minimum force. The Judith and Holofernes and the David evoke references to tyrannicide well known to the Medici and to other members of the educated elite in Florence through ancient and contemporary texts. I had my sword for company, my ally and partner in tyrannicide. It stood at the center of impassioned debate throughout Europe three hundred years later because it provided the most notable theoretical justification for the legitimacy of tyrannicide written by a Christian authority. Let us now return to the focus of this essay and examine how the two sculptures by Donatello relate to John of Salisbury's discussions of the state and tyrannicide. Both Jean Petit and Jean Gerson picked up the Policratirus's emphasis on Judith as an exemplar of tyrannicide and cited her in the debates at Paris and Constance. Regarded as a major ancient source on tyranny and tyrannicide, it was the only text attributed to Plutarch known and taught during the fourteenth and much of the fifteenth century. To buttress his stance that the Church sanctioned such assassinations, Petit drew on Thomas Aquinas and other theologians, but the defense rested on John of Salisbury's explicit theories about the legitimacy of tyrannicide. Together, they fuel what Page DuBois calls ‘an allegorical, utopian call for tyrannicide in the name of postcapitalist, postpatriarchal future.’ My ideas as to the exact means of tyrannicide were distinctly vague. As a political strategy there are plenty of reasons not to get too enthusiastic about tyrannicide. 1.1 The killer of a tyrant. Example sentencesExamples Why were the tyrannicides honoured in the first place? The Tyrannicides were even cited as the liberators of Athens in drinking songs. The main form this took were acts of assassination for political and politico-religious ends: the tyrannicides of Greece and Rome, the Zealots of Palestine, the Hashashin of medieval Islam. They had been raised on edifying tales of Greek tyrannicides that always ended in the liberation of the city. Attributed to the famous poet Simonides, it extolled the tyrannicides and their liberation of Athens with the words, ‘A marvelous great light shone upon Athens when Aristogeiton and Harmodios slew Hipparchus.’ But one suspects that their looted statue of the Athenian tyrannicides was not on public view at Susa. The tyrannicides in ancient Greece, the Assassins and the regicides in the Middle Ages were suicide terrorists. Since Mariana is no revolutionary, he does not make it easy for would-be tyrannicides. His objective in writing it was to defend the reputation of Dante, who, rather than according immortality to Cassius and Brutus as tyrannicides, had deemed them murderers and relegated them to the lowest circles of the Inferno. Although Judith was a new symbol to Florence, John of Salisbury's citation of her as a paradigmatic tyrannicide made the Old Testament heroine a second exemplar. To begin with the obvious: they both depict tyrannicides. Origin Mid 17th century: from French, from Latin tyrannicida ‘killer of a tyrant’, tyrannicidium ‘killing of a tyrant’ (see tyrant, -cide).
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