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单词 tyranny
释义 tyranny
 /tir"euh nee/,  n.  ,  pl.   tyrannies.
  1. arbitrary or unrestrained exercise of power; despotic abuse of authority.
  2. the government or rule of a tyrant or absolute ruler.
  3. a state ruled by a tyrant or absolute ruler.
  4. oppressive or unjustly severe government on the part of any ruler.
  5. undue severity or harshness.
  6. a tyrannical act or proceeding.
 [1325-75; ME tyrannie < OF < ML tyrannia, equiv. to L tyrann(us) TYRANT + -ia -Y3]
 Syn. 1. despotism, absolutism, dictatorship.
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