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tyranny
noun as in dictatorship
Example Sentences
"The collapse of the Assad regime, the tyranny in Damascus, offers great opportunity but also is fraught with significant dangers," he said.
Whether we spend another century wandering in the wilderness of tyranny and bigotry is, in part, up to us.
The earliest on the program, “Jefferson and Liberty” from 1800, included the verse: “Here strangers from thousand shores/Compell’d by tyranny to roam;/Shall find, amidst abundant stores,/A nobler and a happier home.”
“That principle as much as any other distinguishes democracy from monarchy or tyranny, and anyone who seeks the public trust must honor it.”
Nobody likes a Quisling, or, at least, very few people would want to be seen as an eager lickspittle to tyranny.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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