tyranny
noun
arbitrary or unrestrained exercise of power; despotic abuse of authority.
tyrannies
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pluralof tyranny.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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But do tyrannies ever fall in a single day?
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
He built the community directly from his phone and, whether intended or not, that connection has sustained his career - insulating him from the tyrannies of radio playlists and streaming placement.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2025
He told how his father, a police chief in small-town Iowa, was fired because he stood up to the local good-old-boy network, refusing, on principle, to brook their petty tyrannies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2025
Mr. Turk began his career as a militant Communist, speaking out against dictatorship, and ended it as a symbol of resistance to successive tyrannies in Syria.
From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2024
Claudia answered, “Of course. Wearing shoes all the time is one of the tyrannies you’ll escape by coming with me.”
From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg
