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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior;
- Example: "the oppressive government"
- Example: "oppressive laws"
- Example: "a tyrannical parent"
- Example: "tyrannous disregard of human rights"
[syn: oppressive, tyrannical, tyrannous]

2. characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty;
- Example: "an authoritarian regime"
- Example: "autocratic government"
- Example: "despotic rulers"
- Example: "a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war"
- Example: "a tyrannical government"
[syn: authoritarian, autocratic, dictatorial, despotic, tyrannic, tyrannical]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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         Our sects a more tyrannic power assume.  --Roscommon.
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         The oppressor ruled tyrannic where he durst. --Pope.
   [1913 Webster] -- Ty*ran"nic*al*ly, adv. --
   Ty*ran"nic*al*ness, .
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

tyrannical
    adj 1: marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior; "the
           oppressive government"; "oppressive laws"; "a tyrannical
           parent"; "tyrannous disregard of human rights" [syn:
           oppressive, tyrannical, tyrannous]
    2: 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, tyrannic, tyrannical]