tyrania
//tɘˈraɲ.ja/ | /tɘˈra.ɲa/ | /tɘˈraɲ.ja//
Polishnoun
Grammatical form
tyrania is the genitive singular form of tyranie — “verbal noun of tyrać”.
Definitions
- 1.tyranny (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)
- 2.tyranny (state in which power is exercised in an unrestricted and violent manner by an individual or small group of people)
- 3.tyranny (extreme severity or rigour)
- 4.tyranny (negative and overwhelming effect of something on someone or something)
tyrania czasu
tyranny of time
- 5.tyranny (form of government resulting from the overthrow of the existing political order and the seizure of power by a tyrant)
Synonyms & related words
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin tyrannia, from Ancient Greek τυραννία (turannía). Doublet of tyran and tyranozaur.