Tyrant · to government by one individual (in an autocracy) · to government by a minority (in an oligarchy, tyranny of the minority) · to government by a majority ( ...

1 · a government in which all power is in the hands of a single ruler ; 2 · harsh, cruel, and severe government or conduct ; 3 · a tyrannical act ...

When Thales was interrogated as to what thing seemed to him the most surprising, he said, “it's an old tyrant, because tyrants have as many enemies as they have ...

Tyranny is a kind of monarchy which has in view the interest of the monarch only; oligarchy has in view the interest of the wealthy; democracy, of the needy: ...

Tyranny is the hidden hand of God which He uses to slap the necks of those who stray from the heaven of His obedience to the hell of enslavement to the tyrants ...

Plato deemed tyranny the “fourth and worst disorder of a state.” Tyrants lack “the very faculty that is the instrument of judgment”—reason. The tyrannical man ...

tyranny | American Dictionary ; tyrannical. adjective ; tyrannize. verb [ T ] ; tyrant. noun [ C ] ...

1. a. government by a tyrant or tyrants; despotism. b. · 2. arbitrary, unreasonable, or despotic behaviour or use of authority. the teacher's tyranny · 3. any ...

In the ancient Greek world, tyranny primarily evolved from struggles of the popular classes against the aristocracy or monarchy. Tyrants were influential ...