tyrannicide
Americannoun
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the act of killing a tyrant.
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a person who kills a tyrant.
noun
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the killing of a tyrant
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a person who kills a tyrant
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of tyrannicide
First recorded in 1640–50; tyrannicide def. 1 from Latin tyrrannicīdium; tyrannicide def. 2 from tyrannicīda; see tyrant, -i- ( def. ), -cide ( def. )
Example Sentences
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That last characteristic proved central to early-modern debates about tyrannicide.
From Salon ● May 17, 2020
The bourgeoisie, which for decades had exalted and eulogized tyrannicide, now was filled with terrible rage.
From Anarchism and Other Essays by Goldman, Emma
Luca, however, has his doubts, and privately asks the confessor whether S. Thomas Aquinas had not discountenanced tyrannicide.
From Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots by Symonds, John Addington
Statues of Judith, the tyrannicide, and of David, the liberator of his country, adorned the squares and loggie of Florence.
From Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots by Symonds, John Addington
Meantime the confessor—a monk, as was desired, from Savonarola's monastery— arrives, and after giving him the explanation quoted above of the opinion of St. Thomas Aquinas on tyrannicide, exhorts him to bear death manfully.
From The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy by Burckhardt, Jacob
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