Tyrant
noun
A cruel and oppressive ruler.
He was known as a tyrant who ruled with an iron fist.
Often appears as...
- cruel tyrant
- oppressive tyrant
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Disapproving
noun
An individual who exercises power or control in a harsh or cruel manner.
He was a real tyrant in the office, never allowing his employees any freedom.
Often appears as...
- office tyrant
- domestic tyrant
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Disapproving
noun
A person with complete control in a particular sphere.
He's the tyrant of the fashion industry, everything he says goes.
Often appears as...
- tyrant of the industry
- tyrant of the market
noun
A cruel and oppressive ruler.
He was known as a tyrant who ruled with an iron fist.
Often appears as...
- cruel tyrant
- oppressive tyrant
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
An individual who exercises power or control in a harsh or cruel manner.
He was a real tyrant in the office, never allowing his employees any freedom.
Often appears as...
- office tyrant
- domestic tyrant
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A person with complete control in a particular sphere.
He's the tyrant of the fashion industry, everything he says goes.
Often appears as...
- tyrant of the industry
- tyrant of the market
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Pro Tip 1/2Historical Tyrants
The term 'tyrant' often refers to historical rulers known for their cruel policies.
In history class, we learned about the tyrant who caused much suffering.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Literal
'Tyrant' can be used metaphorically to describe someone with tyrannical traits.
The CEO was called a tyrant for his unforgiving demands.
Pro Tip 1/2Historical Tyrants
The term 'tyrant' often refers to historical rulers known for their cruel policies.
In history class, we learned about the tyrant who caused much suffering.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Literal
'Tyrant' can be used metaphorically to describe someone with tyrannical traits.
The CEO was called a tyrant for his unforgiving demands.
Pro Tip 1/2Historical Tyrants
The term 'tyrant' often refers to historical rulers known for their cruel policies.
In history class, we learned about the tyrant who caused much suffering.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Literal
'Tyrant' can be used metaphorically to describe someone with tyrannical traits.
The CEO was called a tyrant for his unforgiving demands.
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David Logan: Tribal...
the phrase that sticks in many of our minds is things about inalienable rights. I mean, that's Stage Five, right? Life is great, oriented only by our values, no other guidance. In fact, most of the document is written at Stage Two. "My life sucks because I live under a tyrant,
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How to make jokes at a...
the closest we've come but uh being a tyrant is obviously obviously a problem because tyrants are tyrannical thank you that's the best fight I've ever made in my life and they're literally cruel and oppressive by definition um and like I said you know because of our
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What makes something...
would call "tyranny without a tyrant." Yet accompanying the bleakness of Kafka's stories, there's a great deal of humor rooted in the nonsensical logic of the situations described. So on the one hand, it's easy to recognize the Kafkaesque in today's world.
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How to turn protest into...
on streets and social media, protesters around the world are challenging the status quo. Protest can thrust issues onto the national or global agenda, it can force out tyrants, it can activate people who have long been on the sidelines of civic life.
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Glenn Greenwald: Why...
is that a society in which people can be monitored at all times is a society that breeds conformity and obedience and submission, which is why every tyrant, the most overt to the most subtle, craves that system. Conversely, even more importantly,
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This is what democracy...
He has horns, tusks, crossed eyes, braided hair. He obviously spends a lot of time on that hair. Justice now lies helpless at his feet, shackled. Her scales have been severed. Justice is the key antagonist to the Tyrant,
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How did Hitler rise to...
How did Adolf Hitler, a tyrant who orchestrated one of the largest genocides in human history, rise to power in a democratic country? The story begins at the end of World War I.
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Gelada Baboon Sexual...
social bonds or friendships but it's male starts to bully one of his wives they all gang up and retaliate and the tyrant doesn't always get his own way
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Jurassic CSI - Brain vs....
Tyrannosaurus Rex the very name means tyrant Lizard King but was this tyrant merely a bumbling giant or a calculating
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A New Recruit at the Zoo...
so not happy he's a tyrant life or a trainee keeper is buried there speeding
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David Logan: Tribal...
the phrase that sticks in many of our minds is things about inalienable rights. I mean, that's Stage Five, right? Life is great, oriented only by our values, no other guidance. In fact, most of the document is written at Stage Two. "My life sucks because I live under a tyrant,
Video examples
How to make jokes at a...
the closest we've come but uh being a tyrant is obviously obviously a problem because tyrants are tyrannical thank you that's the best fight I've ever made in my life and they're literally cruel and oppressive by definition um and like I said you know because of our
Video examples
What makes something...
would call "tyranny without a tyrant." Yet accompanying the bleakness of Kafka's stories, there's a great deal of humor rooted in the nonsensical logic of the situations described. So on the one hand, it's easy to recognize the Kafkaesque in today's world.
Video examples
How to turn protest into...
on streets and social media, protesters around the world are challenging the status quo. Protest can thrust issues onto the national or global agenda, it can force out tyrants, it can activate people who have long been on the sidelines of civic life.
Video examples
Glenn Greenwald: Why...
is that a society in which people can be monitored at all times is a society that breeds conformity and obedience and submission, which is why every tyrant, the most overt to the most subtle, craves that system. Conversely, even more importantly,
Video examples
This is what democracy...
He has horns, tusks, crossed eyes, braided hair. He obviously spends a lot of time on that hair. Justice now lies helpless at his feet, shackled. Her scales have been severed. Justice is the key antagonist to the Tyrant,
Video examples
How did Hitler rise to...
How did Adolf Hitler, a tyrant who orchestrated one of the largest genocides in human history, rise to power in a democratic country? The story begins at the end of World War I.
Video examples
Gelada Baboon Sexual...
social bonds or friendships but it's male starts to bully one of his wives they all gang up and retaliate and the tyrant doesn't always get his own way
Video examples
Jurassic CSI - Brain vs....
Tyrannosaurus Rex the very name means tyrant Lizard King but was this tyrant merely a bumbling giant or a calculating
Video examples
A New Recruit at the Zoo...
so not happy he's a tyrant life or a trainee keeper is buried there speeding
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Simon Sebag Montefiore
British Historian
The political lives of tyrants play out human affairs with a special intensity: the death of a democratic leader long after his retirement is a private matter, but the death of a tyrant is always a political act that reflects the character of his power.
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Bertrand Russell
British Philosopher
A truer image of the world, I think, is obtained by picturing things as entering into the stream of time from an eternal world outside, than from a view which regards time as the devouring tyrant of all that is.
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Vermin Supreme
American Artist
I'm a tyrant that you should trust, and you should let me run your life, because I do know what is best for you.
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Plato
Greek Philosopher
This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector.
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Voltaire
French Writer
Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them.
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June Jordan
American Writer
My father was very intense, passionate and over-the-top. He was my hero and my tyrant.
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John Sterling
American Entertainer
Of all the tyrants the world affords, our own affections are the fiercest lords.
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Marquis de Sade
French Novelist
One weeps not save when one is afraid, and that is why kings are tyrants.
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Hugo Chavez
Statesman
I'm going to show the world that I'm not a tyrant, much less a devil.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within.
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Simon Sebag Montefiore
British Historian
The political lives of tyrants play out human affairs with a special intensity: the death of a democratic leader long after his retirement is a private matter, but the death of a tyrant is always a political act that reflects the character of his power.
Quote examples
Bertrand Russell
British Philosopher
A truer image of the world, I think, is obtained by picturing things as entering into the stream of time from an eternal world outside, than from a view which regards time as the devouring tyrant of all that is.
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Vermin Supreme
American Artist
I'm a tyrant that you should trust, and you should let me run your life, because I do know what is best for you.
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Plato
Greek Philosopher
This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector.
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Voltaire
French Writer
Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them.
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June Jordan
American Writer
My father was very intense, passionate and over-the-top. He was my hero and my tyrant.
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John Sterling
American Entertainer
Of all the tyrants the world affords, our own affections are the fiercest lords.
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Marquis de Sade
French Novelist
One weeps not save when one is afraid, and that is why kings are tyrants.
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Hugo Chavez
Statesman
I'm going to show the world that I'm not a tyrant, much less a devil.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within.
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