tyranny
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We face the tyranny of ubiquitous pleasure, of easy comfort—the soft despotism of “Brave New World,” not the brutal authoritarianism of “1984.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
He said the two countries have stood together "defiant and triumphant against the forces of communism, fascism and tyranny".
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
Thomas Jefferson once wrote that he had “sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of mind.”
From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026
This distinction mattered enormously to the founders, who were deeply suspicious of standing armies and associated them with tyranny and imperial overreach.
From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026
What the printing press did, quite simply, was undermine ‘the dishonourable tyranny of that Usurper, Authority’ and strengthen evidence.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing tyranny
The Declaration of Independence
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Fahrenheit 451
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American History I
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