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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tyrannic \Ty*ran"nic\ (?; 277), Tyrannical \Ty*ran"nic*al\, a.
[L. tyrannicus Gr ?: cf F. tyrannique See {Tyrant}.]
Of or pertaining to a tyrant; suiting a tyrant; unjustly
severe in government; absolute; imperious; despotic; cruel;
arbitrary; as a tyrannical prince; a tyrannical master;
tyrannical government. ``A power tyrannical.'' --Shak.
Our sects a more tyrannic power assume. --Roscommon.
The oppressor ruled tyrannic where he durst. --Pope.
-- {Ty*ran"nic*al*ly}, adv -- {Ty*ran"nic*al*ness}, .
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
tyrannical
adj 1: of or relating to or associated with or resembling a
dictatorship; "tyrannical suppression of liberty"
[syn: {tyrannic}]
2: marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior; "the
oppressive government"; "oppressive laws"; "a tyrannical
parent"; "tyrannous disregard of human rights" [syn: {oppressive},
{tyrannous}]
3: characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule having
absolute sovereignty; "an authoritarian regime";
"autocratic government"; "despotic rulers"; "a dictatorial
rule that lasted for the duration of the war"; "a
tyrannical government" [syn: {authoritarian}, {autocratic},
{dictatorial}, {despotic}]
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