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
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 John Addington Symonds
No tyrannicide is murder; All tyrannicide is killing; Some killing is not murder.
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by William Minto
There were aristocrats in England, who, during the struggle for the freedom and unity of Italy, sought to discredit the patriotic party by accusing them of tyrannicide.
From Handbook of Home Rule Being articles on the Irish question by Edwin Lawrence Godkin
Idleness, sensuality, and scepticism—three baneful sisters—gained the mastery, weakening the fabric of society, and leading on to the evil courses of tyrannicide.
From The Tragedies of the Medici by Edgcumbe Staley
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