Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Tyranny (-ies)
tyranny (-ies), n. [Fr. < L. < Gk.]
- Command; dominion; domination; supreme power; absolute control; total mastery.
- Despotism; unrighteous dominion; [fig.] a despot; a dictator; a bully; an authoritarian leader.
- Injustice; merciless action; [fig.] bloodshed; warmongering.
- Authority; [irony] Deity; Jehovah; the Omnipotent; the Almighty; the Supreme Being; the King of Kings; the Ruler of the Universe.
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