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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tyrannic \Ty*ran"nic\ (?; 277), Tyrannical \Ty*ran"nic*al\, adjective [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}, adverb -- {Ty*ran"nic*al*ness}, .
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
tyrannical
adjective
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}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
39 Moby Thesaurus words for "tyrannical": absolute, absolutist, absolutistic, arbitrary, aristocratic, arrogant, autarchic, authoritarian, authoritative, autocratic, bossy, brutal, despotic, dictatorial, domineering, feudal, grinding, harsh, heavy-handed, high-handed, imperative, imperial, imperious, lordly, magisterial, magistral, masterful, monocratic, oppressive, overbearing, overruling, peremptory, repressive, roughshod, severe, strict, suppressive, tyrannous, unjust
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