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
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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. )
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That last characteristic proved central to early-modern debates about tyrannicide.
From Salon ● May 17, 2020
"The question of tyrannicide is marvellously interesting," answered Anastase in a meditative tone, as he resumed his work, and glanced critically from Madame Mayer to his canvas and back again.
From Saracinesca by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford
Upon this anarchy of religion, morals, and conduct breathed suddenly the inspiring breath of Pagan antiquity which seemed to the Italian mind to find its finest climax in tyrannicide.
From Machiavelli, Volume I by Edward Dacres
Political theory, 588-609. the state as power, 589 ff. republicanism, 592 ff. church and state, 593 ff. constitution, 595 ff. tyrannicide, 606. radicals, 606 f. economic, 607 ff.
From The Age of the Reformation by Preserved Smith
But the Huguenots quickly restrained themselves, for the same reason which, as we shall see, drove the Catholics of the League to the extremity of violence and tyrannicide.
From Lectures on Modern history by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron Acton
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