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tyranny (n.)
late 14c., "cruel or unjust use of power; the government of a tyrant," from Old French
tyranie
(13c.), from Late Latin
tyrannia
"tyranny," from Greek
tyrannia
"rule of a tyrant, absolute power," from
tyrannos
"master" (see
tyrant
).
