tyrannic

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The tsars’ successors, the Soviets, proclaimed lofty ideals but in governing such a vast land they, too, became consumed by the tyrannic paranoia that plagued their forebears.

From Economist • Aug. 18, 2016

The U.S. general in charge of the case admits Cargill's difficulties; but, somewhat like Captain Vere in Melville's Billy Budd, he sets law. however tyrannic, above lawbreaking, however understandable.

From Time Magazine Archive

As an instance of the early development of the tyrannic tendencies of human nature, it is, in a philosophical point of view, quite unique.

From Rambles Beyond Railways; or, Notes in Cornwall taken A-foot by Collins, Wilkie

That if he did not obtain for every State all they wished, they must attribute the sacrifice he might be compelled to make of his inclinations, to the tyrannic rule of necessity.

From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. XI by Sparks, Jared

When Mr. Harlowe condescends to sign his much valued Name, the dictatorial Spirit of an indulged tyrannic Disposition indites every arbitrary Command.

From Remarks on Clarissa (1749) by Fielding, Sarah