tyrannical

  • (s) marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior
    • the oppressive government
    • oppressive laws
    • a tyrannical parent
    • tyrannous disregard of human rights
    tyrannous, oppressive,
  • (s) characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty
    • an authoritarian regime
    • autocratic government
    • despotic rulers
    • a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war
    • a tyrannical government
    authoritarian, tyrannic, autocratic, despotic, dictatorial,

Synonyms

tyrannous oppressive authoritarian tyrannic autocratic despotic dictatorial

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