Betekenis van:
tyrant

tyrant
Zelfstandig naamwoord
  • iemand met onbeperkte oppermacht
  • a cruel and oppressive dictator

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tyrant
Zelfstandig naamwoord
    • any person who exercises power in a cruel way
    "his father was a tyrant"

    Hyperoniemen

    tyrant
    Zelfstandig naamwoord
      • in ancient Greece, a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it

      Hyperoniemen

      tyrant
      Zelfstandig naamwoord
      • dwingeland
      • a cruel and oppressive dictator

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      Voorbeeldzinnen

      1. Time is a tyrant!
      2. Any excuse will serve a tyrant.
      3. The tyrant kept the people down.
      4. The people suffered under the cruel tyrant.
      5. Emperor Nero was an extremely evil tyrant.
      6. They were under the yoke of a tyrant.
      7. We will not bend to the will of a tyrant.
      8. Thus, the tyrant succeeded in conquering the kingdom.
      9. Empowered, informed citizens are the scourge of any tyrant.
      10. But wherefore do not you a mightier way make war upon this bloody tyrant Time?
      11. The depravity of the king's deeds lead the people to believe he was nothing more than a tyrant that needed to be overthrown.
      12. A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious.
      13. It is true that Aristotle distinguishes the tyrant from the king by the fact that the former governs in his own interest, and the latter only for the good of his subjects; but it would follow from Aristotle's distinction that, from the very beginning of the world, there has not yet been a single king.