tyranny

Other forms of tyranny

plural

tyrannies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about tyranny

What does tyranny mean?

tyranny means "a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tyranny?

tyranny has 3 syllables: tyr-an-ny. The stress falls on "tyr". In IPA it is /ˈtɪɹəni/.

What is another word for tyranny?

Close synonyms include dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tyranny a common word?

tyranny is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.