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tyranny

tyranny
Zelfstandig naamwoord
  • dwangbestuur; het voortdurend anderen de wil opleggen; alleenheerschappij
  • a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

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tyranny
Zelfstandig naamwoord
  • regering door een dictator
  • a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

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tyranny
Zelfstandig naamwoord
  • dictatuur
  • a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

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tyranny
Zelfstandig naamwoord
    • dominance through threat of punishment and violence

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    Voorbeeldzinnen

    1. People will always resist tyranny.
    2. Beauty is a short lived tyranny
    3. The people revolted against the tyranny.
    4. People in the country were living under a tyranny.
    5. Free flow of information is the only safeguard against tyranny.
    6. The country bear the yoke of tyranny for two decades.
    7. Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.
    8. Under the reign of tyranny, innocent people were deprived of their citizenship.
    9. I will be reminded of tyranny and cruelty, if Nero is said.
    10. Among the people of the colonies suffering under Earth's tyranny a force emerges intending to overthrow the status quo through terrorism.
    11. Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are embodied in one maxim: The fortunate must not be restrained in the exercise of tyranny over the unfortunate.
    12. When the bombs fell on our harbor and tyranny threatened the world, she was there to witness a generation rise to greatness, and a democracy was saved. Yes, we can.
    13. You can choose whatever name you like for the two types of government. I personally call the type of government which can be removed without violence "democracy", and the other "tyranny".