tyranny

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• New-Zealand: /ˈtərəni/
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• Singapore: /ˈtirəni/
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• /ˈtɪɹəni/
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• obsolete: /ˈtaɪɹəni/
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• US: /ˈtɪəɹəni/
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• rhymes with -ɪɹəni
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• CMU ARPABET: T IH1 R AH0 N IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Inherited 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”).

154 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: tirani — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Amharic: አምባገነንነት (ʾämbagänännät) — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Arabic: طُغْيَان (ṭuḡyān) — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Arabic: اِسْتِبْدَاد (istibdād) — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Armenian: բռնակալություն (bṙnakalutʻyun) — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Armenian: բռնապետություն (bṙnapetutʻyun) — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Azerbaijani: tiraniya — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Azerbaijani: zülm — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Azerbaijani: zalımlıq — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Azerbaijani: istibdad — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Basque: tirania — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Belarusian: тырані́я (tyraníja) — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Bengali: অত্যাচার (ottacar) — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Bulgarian: тирани́я (tiraníja) — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Catalan: tirania — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Chinese Mandarin: 僭主政治 (jiànzhǔ zhèngzhì) — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Chinese Mandarin: 獨裁 /独裁 (dúcái) — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Chinese Mandarin: 暴政 (bàozhèng) — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Chinese Mandarin: 暴戾 (bàolì) — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Czech: tyranie — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Danish: tyranni — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Dutch: tyrannie — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Esperanto: tiraneco — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Estonian: türannia — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Finnish: tyrannia — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• French: tyrannie — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Georgian: ტირანია (ṭirania) — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• German: Tyrannenherrschaft — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• German: Tyrannei — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (anamahts) — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Greek: τυραννία (tyrannía) — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Ancient Greek: τυραννίς (turannís) — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Hebrew: עָרִיצוּת ('aritsót) — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Hindi: ज़ुल्म (zulm) — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Hindi: ज़ुलमियत (zulmiyat) — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Hindi: अत्याचार (atyācār) — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Hungarian: zsarnokság — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Icelandic: harðstjórn — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Indonesian: tirani — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Indonesian: istibdad — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Irish: tíorántacht — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Italian: tirannide — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Japanese: 暴戻 (bōrei) — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Japanese: 圧政 (assei) — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Kazakh: зомбылық (zombylyq) — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Kazakh: зорлық (zorlyq) — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Kazakh: зұлымдық (zūlymdyq) — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Khmer: ប្រជាហឹង្សា (prɑɑciə hengsaa) — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Korean: 폭려 (pongnyeo) — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Korean: 포학 (pohak) — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Korean: 압정 (apjeong) — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Northern Kurdish: zilm — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Northern Kurdish: zordarî — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Kyrgyz: залимдик (zalimdik) — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Kyrgyz: тирания (tiraniya) — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Latvian: tirānija — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Lithuanian: tironija — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Macedonian: тиранија (tiranija) — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Malay: penganiayaan — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Malay: aniaya — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Manx: ard-tranlaase — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Norwegian Bokmål: tyranni — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tyranni — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Pashto: استبداد (estebdād) — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Pashto: ظلم (zᶕləm) — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Dari: اِسْتِبْدَاد (istibdād) — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Dari: ظُلْم (zulm) — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Iranian Persian: اِسْتِبْداد (estebdâd) — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Iranian Persian: ظُلْم (zolm) — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Polish: tyrania — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Portuguese: tirania — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Romanian: tiranie — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Russian: тирани́я (tiraníja) — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Serbo-Croatian: тира̀нија — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Serbo-Croatian: tirànija — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Slovak: tyrania — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Slovene: tiranija — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Spanish: tiranía — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Swahili: udhalimu — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Swedish: tyranni — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Tagalog: tiraniya — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Tajik: истибдод (istibdod) — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Tajik: зулм (zulm) — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Tamil: கொடுங்கோல் ஆட்சி (koṭuṅkōl āṭci) — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Thai: ทรราชย์ (tɔɔ-rá-râat) — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Turkish: zulüm — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Turkish: zorbalık — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Ottoman Turkish: ظلم (zulm, zulüm) — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Turkmen: zulum — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Turkmen: zalymlyk — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Ukrainian: тирані́я (tyraníja) — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Urdu: ظُلْم (zulm) — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Urdu: اِسْتِبْداد (istibdād) — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Urdu: ظُلْمِیَت (zulmiyat) — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Uyghur: ئىستىبدات (istibdat) — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Uyghur: زالىملىق (zalimliq) — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Uzbek: zulm — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Uzbek: istibdod — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Uzbek: zolimlik — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Vietnamese: sự bạo ngược — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Vietnamese: sự chuyên chế — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Vietnamese: chế độ chuyên chế — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Volapük: tiren — government in which a single ruler has absolute power
• Estonian: türannia — office or jurisdiction of an absolute ruler
• Italian: tirannide — office or jurisdiction of an absolute ruler
• Polish: tyrania — office or jurisdiction of an absolute ruler
• Portuguese: tirania — office or jurisdiction of an absolute ruler
• Romanian: tiranie — office or jurisdiction of an absolute ruler
• Russian: тирани́я (tiraníja) — office or jurisdiction of an absolute ruler
• Serbo-Croatian: тира̀нија — office or jurisdiction of an absolute ruler
• Serbo-Croatian: tirànija — office or jurisdiction of an absolute ruler
• Azerbaijani: tiraniya — absolute power, or its use
• Azerbaijani: zülm — absolute power, or its use
• Azerbaijani: istibdad — absolute power, or its use
• Bulgarian: тирани́я (tiraníja) — absolute power, or its use
• Catalan: tirania — absolute power, or its use
• Chinese Mandarin: 極權 /极权 (jíquán) — absolute power, or its use
• Danish: tyranni — absolute power, or its use
• Estonian: türannia — absolute power, or its use
• German: Tyrannei — absolute power, or its use
• Greek: τυραννία (tyrannía) — absolute power, or its use
• Hungarian: zsarnokság — absolute power, or its use
• Indonesian: tirani — absolute power, or its use
• Irish: aintiarnas — absolute power, or its use
• Irish: anlathas — absolute power, or its use
• Italian: tirannia — absolute power, or its use
• Middle English: tirannye — absolute power, or its use
• Middle English: tyrauntrie — absolute power, or its use
• Polish: tyrania — absolute power, or its use
• Portuguese: tirania — absolute power, or its use
• Romanian: tiranie — absolute power, or its use
• Russian: тирани́я (tiraníja) — absolute power, or its use
• Serbo-Croatian: тира̀нија — absolute power, or its use
• Serbo-Croatian: tirànija — absolute power, or its use
• Spanish: tiranía — absolute power, or its use
• Tamil: கொடுங்கோல் (koṭuṅkōl) — absolute power, or its use
• Ottoman Turkish: ظلم (zulm, zulüm) — absolute power, or its use
• Azerbaijani: zülm — extreme severity or rigour
• Bulgarian: тирани́я (tiraníja) — extreme severity or rigour
• Danish: tyranni — extreme severity or rigour
• Estonian: türannia — extreme severity or rigour
• German: Tyrannei — extreme severity or rigour
• Greek: τυραννία (tyrannía) — extreme severity or rigour
• Italian: tirannia — extreme severity or rigour
• Middle English: tirannye — extreme severity or rigour
• Old Norse: ofríki — extreme severity or rigour
• Dari: ظُلْم (zulm) — extreme severity or rigour
• Iranian Persian: ظُلْم (zolm) — extreme severity or rigour
• Polish: tyrania — extreme severity or rigour
• Portuguese: tirania — extreme severity or rigour
• Romanian: tiranie — extreme severity or rigour
• Russian: тирани́я (tiraníja) — extreme severity or rigour
• Serbo-Croatian: тира̀нија — extreme severity or rigour
• Serbo-Croatian: tirànija — extreme severity or rigour