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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈtɪɹəni/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tyrrany.wav [Southern-England] Forms: tyrannies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪɹəni Etymology: From Middle English tirannye, from Old French tyrannie, from Medieval Latin tyrannia, tyrania, from Ancient Greek τυραννία (turannía, “tyranny”), from τύραννος (túrannos, “lord, master, sovereign, tyrant”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|tirannye}} Middle English tirannye, {{der|en|fro|tyrannie}} Old French tyrannie, {{der|en|ML.|tyrannia}} Medieval Latin tyrannia, {{m|la|tyrania}} tyrania, {{der|en|grc|τυραννία|t=tyranny}} Ancient Greek τυραννία (turannía, “tyranny”), {{m|grc|τύραννος|t=lord, master, sovereign, tyrant}} τύραννος (túrannos, “lord, master, sovereign, tyrant”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} tyranny (countable and uncountable, plural tyrannies)
  1. A government in which a single ruler (a tyrant) has absolute power; this system of government. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (government in which a single ruler has absolute power): tirani [feminine] (Albanian), τυραννίς (turannís) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), طُغْيَان (ṭuḡyān) [feminine] (Arabic), اِسْتِبْدَاد (istibdād) [masculine] (Arabic), ظُلْم (ẓulm) [masculine] (Arabic), բռնակալություն (bṙnakalutʿyun) (Armenian), բռնապետություն (bṙnapetutʿyun) (Armenian), tiraniya (Azerbaijani), zülm (Azerbaijani), zalımlıq (Azerbaijani), istibdad (Azerbaijani), tirania (Basque), тырані́я (tyraníja) [feminine] (Belarusian), অত্যাচার (ottacar) (Bengali), тирани́я (tiraníja) [feminine] (Bulgarian), tirania [feminine] (Catalan), 僭主政治 (jiànzhǔ zhèngzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), 獨裁 (Chinese Mandarin), 独裁 (dúcái) (Chinese Mandarin), 暴政 (bàozhèng) (Chinese Mandarin), 暴戾 (bàolì) (Chinese Mandarin), tyranie [feminine] (Czech), tyranni [neuter] (Danish), tyrannie [feminine] (Dutch), tiraneco (Esperanto), türannia (Estonian), tyrannia (Finnish), tyrannie [feminine] (French), ტირანია (ṭirania) (Georgian), Tyrannenherrschaft [feminine] (German), Tyrannei [feminine] (German), 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (anamahts) [feminine] (Gothic), τυραννία (tyrannía) [feminine] (Greek), עָרִיצוּת ('aritsót) [feminine] (Hebrew), ज़ुल्म (zulm) [masculine] (Hindi), ज़ुलमियत (zulmiyat) [feminine] (Hindi), अत्याचार (atyācār) [masculine] (Hindi), zsarnokság (Hungarian), tirani (Indonesian), istibdad (Indonesian), tirannide [feminine] (Italian), 暴戻 (bōrei) (alt: ぼうれい) (Japanese), 圧政 (assei) (alt: あっせい) (Japanese), зомбылық (zombylyq) (Kazakh), зорлық (zorlyq) (Kazakh), зұлымдық (zūlymdyq) (Kazakh), ប្រជាហឹង្សា (prɑɑciə hengsaa) (Khmer), 폭려 (pongnyeo) (alt: 暴戾) (Korean), 포학 (pohak) (alt: 暴虐) (Korean), 압정 (apjeong) (alt: 壓政) (Korean), залимдик (zalimdik) (Kyrgyz), тирания (tiraniya) (Kyrgyz), tirānija [feminine] (Latvian), tironija [feminine] (Lithuanian), тиранија (tiranija) [feminine] (Macedonian), penganiayaan (Malay), aniaya (Malay), ard-tranlaase (Manx), zilm (Northern Kurdish), zordarî (Northern Kurdish), tyranni [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), tyranni [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), استبداد (estebdād) [masculine] (Pashto), ظلم (zᶕləm) [masculine] (Pashto), استبداد (estebdâd) (Persian), ظلم (zolm) (Persian), tyrania [feminine] (Polish), tirania [feminine] (Portuguese), tiranie [feminine] (Romanian), тирани́я (tiraníja) [feminine] (Russian), тира̀нија [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), tirànija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), tyrania [feminine] (Slovak), tiranija [feminine] (Slovene), tiranía [feminine] (Spanish), tyranni [neuter] (Swedish), tiraniya (Tagalog), истибдод (istibdod) (Tajik), зулм (zulm) (Tajik), ทรราชย์ (tɔɔ-rá-râat) (Thai), zulüm (Turkish), zorbalık (Turkish), zulum (Turkmen), zalymlyk (Turkmen), тирані́я (tyraníja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ظُلْم (zulm) [masculine] (Urdu), اِسْتِبْداد (istibdād) [masculine] (Urdu), ئىستىبدات (istibdat) (Uyghur), زالىملىق (zalimliq) (Uyghur), zulm (Uzbek), istibdod (Uzbek), zolimlik (Uzbek), sự bạo ngược (Vietnamese), sự chuyên chế (Vietnamese), tiren (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-tyranny-en-noun-QSPEUNCF Disambiguation of 'government in which a single ruler has absolute power': 55 6 13 26 0
  2. The office or jurisdiction of an absolute ruler. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (office or jurisdiction of an absolute ruler): türannia (Estonian), tirannide [feminine] (Italian), tyrania [feminine] (Polish), tirania [feminine] (Portuguese), tiranie (Romanian), тирани́я (tiraníja) [feminine] (Russian), тира̀нија [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), tirànija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-tyranny-en-noun-oGu8VWxI Disambiguation of 'office or jurisdiction of an absolute ruler': 5 89 4 3 0
  3. Absolute power, or its use. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (absolute power, or its use): tiraniya (Azerbaijani), zülm (Azerbaijani), istibdad (Azerbaijani), тирани́я (tiraníja) [feminine] (Bulgarian), tirania [feminine] (Catalan), 極權 (Chinese Mandarin), 极权 (jíquán) (Chinese Mandarin), tyranni [neuter] (Danish), türannia (Estonian), Tyrannei [feminine] (German), τυραννία (tyrannía) [feminine] (Greek), zsarnokság (Hungarian), tirani (Indonesian), aintiarnas [masculine] (Irish), anlathas [masculine] (Irish), tirannia [feminine] (Italian), tirannye (Middle English), tyrauntrie (Middle English), tyrania [feminine] (Polish), tirania [feminine] (Portuguese), tiranie [feminine] (Romanian), тирани́я (tiraníja) [feminine] (Russian), тира̀нија [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), tirànija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), tiranía [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-tyranny-en-noun-sVv5fU4V Disambiguation of 'absolute power, or its use': 6 3 87 3 0
  4. A system of government in which power is exercised on behalf of the ruler or ruling class, without regard to the wishes of the governed. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Forms of government
    Sense id: en-tyranny-en-noun-WlQzpu63 Disambiguation of Forms of government: 18 3 17 59 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 28 65 5 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 1 20 70 6
  5. Extreme severity or rigour. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (extreme severity or rigour): zülm (Azerbaijani), тирани́я (tiraníja) [feminine] (Bulgarian), tyranni [neuter] (Danish), türannia (Estonian), Tyrannei [feminine] (German), τυραννία (tyrannía) [feminine] (Greek), tirannia [feminine] (Italian), tirannye (Middle English), ofríki [neuter] (Old Norse), ظلم (zolm) (Persian), tyrania [feminine] (Polish), tirania [feminine] (Portuguese), tiranie [feminine] (Romanian), тирани́я (tiraníja) [feminine] (Russian), тира̀нија [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), tirànija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-tyranny-en-noun-rlqro-Lp Disambiguation of 'extreme severity or rigour': 0 0 0 1 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: autocracy [government], despotism [government], dictatorship [government], monarchy [government], tyranthood [government] Derived forms: anarcho-tyranny, tyrannical, tyranny of the majority, tyranny of the masses Related terms: tyrant, autocracy, monarchy

Noun [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} tyranny
  1. Alternative form of tirannye Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: tirannye
    Sense id: en-tyranny-enm-noun-88e6A3AD Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header

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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "'aritsót",
          "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "עָרִיצוּת"
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "zulm",
          "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
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          "word": "ज़ुल्म"
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          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "zulmiyat",
          "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ज़ुलमियत"
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        {
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "atyācār",
          "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "अत्याचार"
        },
        {
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
          "word": "zsarnokság"
        },
        {
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
          "word": "tirani"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "55 6 13 26 0",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
          "word": "istibdad"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "55 6 13 26 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tirannide"
        },
        {
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "bōrei",
      "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
      "word": "暴戻"
    },
    {
      "alt": "あっせい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "assei",
      "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
      "word": "圧政"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "zombylyq",
      "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
      "word": "зомбылық"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "zorlyq",
      "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
      "word": "зорлық"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "zūlymdyq",
      "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
      "word": "зұлымдық"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "prɑɑciə hengsaa",
      "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
      "word": "ប្រជាហឹង្សា"
    },
    {
      "alt": "暴戾",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "pongnyeo",
      "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
      "word": "폭려"
    },
    {
      "alt": "暴虐",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "pohak",
      "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
      "word": "포학"
    },
    {
      "alt": "壓政",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "apjeong",
      "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
      "word": "압정"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
      "word": "zilm"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
      "word": "zordarî"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "zalimdik",
      "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
      "word": "залимдик"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "tiraniya",
      "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
      "word": "тирания"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tirānija"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tironija"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "tiranija",
      "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тиранија"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
      "word": "penganiayaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
      "word": "aniaya"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
      "word": "ard-tranlaase"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "tyranni"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "tyranni"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "estebdād",
      "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "استبداد"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "zᶕləm",
      "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ظلم"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "estebdâd",
      "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
      "word": "استبداد"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "zolm",
      "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
      "word": "ظلم"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tyrania"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tirania"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tiranie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tiraníja",
      "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тирани́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тира̀нија"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tirànija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tyrania"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tiranija"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tiranía"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "tyranni"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
      "word": "tiraniya"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "istibdod",
      "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
      "word": "истибдод"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "zulm",
      "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
      "word": "зулм"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "tɔɔ-rá-râat",
      "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
      "word": "ทรราชย์"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
      "word": "zulüm"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
      "word": "zorbalık"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
      "word": "zulum"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
      "word": "zalymlyk"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "tyraníja",
      "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тирані́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "zulm",
      "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ظُلْم"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "istibdād",
      "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "اِسْتِبْداد"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "istibdat",
      "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
      "word": "ئىستىبدات"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "zalimliq",
      "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
      "word": "زالىملىق"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
      "word": "zulm"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
      "word": "istibdod"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
      "word": "zolimlik"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
      "word": "sự bạo ngược"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
      "word": "sự chuyên chế"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "government in which a single ruler has absolute power",
      "word": "tiren"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "office or jurisdiction of an absolute ruler",
      "word": "türannia"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "office or jurisdiction of an absolute ruler",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tirannide"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "office or jurisdiction of an absolute ruler",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tyrania"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "office or jurisdiction of an absolute ruler",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tirania"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "office or jurisdiction of an absolute ruler",
      "word": "tiranie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tiraníja",
      "sense": "office or jurisdiction of an absolute ruler",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тирани́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "office or jurisdiction of an absolute ruler",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тира̀нија"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "office or jurisdiction of an absolute ruler",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tirànija"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "absolute power, or its use",
      "word": "tiraniya"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "absolute power, or its use",
      "word": "zülm"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "absolute power, or its use",
      "word": "istibdad"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "tiraníja",
      "sense": "absolute power, or its use",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тирани́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "absolute power, or its use",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tirania"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "absolute power, or its use",
      "word": "極權"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jíquán",
      "sense": "absolute power, or its use",
      "word": "极权"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "absolute power, or its use",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "tyranni"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "absolute power, or its use",
      "word": "türannia"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "absolute power, or its use",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Tyrannei"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "tyrannía",
      "sense": "absolute power, or its use",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "τυραννία"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "absolute power, or its use",
      "word": "zsarnokság"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "absolute power, or its use",
      "word": "tirani"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "absolute power, or its use",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aintiarnas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "absolute power, or its use",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anlathas"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "absolute power, or its use",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tirannia"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "absolute power, or its use",
      "word": "tirannye"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "absolute power, or its use",
      "word": "tyrauntrie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "absolute power, or its use",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tyrania"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "absolute power, or its use",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tirania"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "absolute power, or its use",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tiranie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tiraníja",
      "sense": "absolute power, or its use",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тирани́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "absolute power, or its use",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тира̀нија"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "absolute power, or its use",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tirànija"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "absolute power, or its use",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tiranía"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "extreme severity or rigour",
      "word": "zülm"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "tiraníja",
      "sense": "extreme severity or rigour",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тирани́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "extreme severity or rigour",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "tyranni"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "extreme severity or rigour",
      "word": "türannia"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "extreme severity or rigour",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Tyrannei"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "tyrannía",
      "sense": "extreme severity or rigour",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "τυραννία"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "extreme severity or rigour",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tirannia"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "extreme severity or rigour",
      "word": "tirannye"
    },
    {
      "code": "non",
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "sense": "extreme severity or rigour",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ofríki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "zolm",
      "sense": "extreme severity or rigour",
      "word": "ظلم"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "extreme severity or rigour",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tyrania"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "extreme severity or rigour",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tirania"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "extreme severity or rigour",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tiranie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tiraníja",
      "sense": "extreme severity or rigour",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тирани́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "extreme severity or rigour",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тира̀нија"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "extreme severity or rigour",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tirànija"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tyranny"
}

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  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "tirannye"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Middle English lemmas",
        "Middle English nouns"
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      "glosses": [
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          "tirannye",
          "tirannye#Middle English"
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        "alternative"
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  "word": "tyranny"
}

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