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# tyranny

«tyranny» in Mova's school dictionary: **cruel and unfair rule by one person who has too much…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (tyrannies)

### meaning for a pupil

Tyranny is cruel and unfair rule by one person who has too much power over others. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tyranny/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories, a cruel ruler who makes people obey by force; in history, a tyrant's rule over a country

### examples

- The people suffered under tyranny. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tyranny/#x1)
- The tyrant always finds an excuse for his tyranny. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tyranny/#x2)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «tyranny» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tyranny/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.