TYRANNIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tyrannic mean? 

• TYRANNIC (adjective)
  The adjective TYRANNIC has 1 sense:

1. characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty

  Familiarity information: TYRANNIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TYRANNIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty

Synonyms:

authoritarian; autocratic; despotic; dictatorial; tyrannic; tyrannical

Context example:

a tyrannical government

Similar:

undemocratic (not in agreement with or according to democratic doctrine or practice or ideals)

Derivation:

tyranny (dominance through threat of punishment and violence)

 Context examples 

The memory is sometimes so retentive, so serviceable, so obedient; at others, so bewildered and so weak; and at others again, so tyrannic, so beyond control!

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

It was now some time since Miss Taylor had begun to influence his schemes; but as it was not the tyrannic influence of youth on youth, it had not shaken his determination of never settling till he could purchase Randalls, and the sale of Randalls was long looked forward to; but he had gone steadily on, with these objects in view, till they were accomplished.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)