| Pronunciation: | | ti'ranikul
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- [adj] 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"
- [adj] marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior; "the oppressive government"; "oppressive laws"; "a tyrannical parent"; "tyrannous disregard of human rights"
- [adj] of or relating to or associated with or resembling a dictatorship; "tyrannical suppression of liberty"
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| | Synonyms: | | authoritarian, autocratic, despotic, dictatorial, domineering, oppressive, tyrannic, tyrannous, undemocratic |
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