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Definitions of tyrannize in various dictionaries:
verb - rule a country as a tyrant
verb - rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner
To exercise absolute power: “So it is the nature of such persons to insult and tyrannize over little people” (Henry Fielding).
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Rule oppressively |
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Oct 21 2008 L.A. Times Daily |
Tyrannize might refer to |
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A tyrant (Greek , tyrannos), in the modern English usage of the word, is an absolute ruler unrestrained by law or person, or one who has usurped legitimate sovereignty. Often described as a cruel character, a tyrant defends their position by oppressive means, tending to control almost everything in the state. The original Greek term, however, merely meant an authoritarian sovereign without reference to character, bearing no pejorative connotation during the Archaic and early Classical periods. However, it was clearly a negative word to Plato, a Greek philosopher, and on account of the decisive influence of philosophy on politics, its negative connotations only increased, continuing into the Hellenistic period. * Plato and Aristotle define a tyrant as a person who rules without law, using extreme and cruel methods against both their own people and others. It is defined further in the Encyclopédie as a usurper of sovereign power who makes his subjects the victims of his passions and unjus |