Definition of Tyranny

Noun: tyranny ti-ru-nee

A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution, laws or opposition etc.)
- dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism
Dominance through threat of punishment and violence
- absolutism, despotism