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tyrant

noun

ˈtī-rənt

Definition of tyrant

as in dictator

a person who uses power or authority in a cruel, unjust, or harmful way the people universally feared the tyrant, who was notorious for his frequent use of torture

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Recent Examples of tyrant In his fullest public argument yet about his thinking, Thiel and co-author Sam Wolfe write the figure of ultimate evil is best understood not as a monster or a tyrant but as a technocrat. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 18 July 2026 Because, after all, as in all of Haber’s novels, the point is not really what is happening in the world but what is happening in the mind—in this case the mind of the pettiest of tyrants. — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 July 2026 Joseph Stalin—the Soviet Union’s supreme ruler from 1929 to 1953 and a murderous tyrant legendary for drinking friends and enemies under the table—was a closet oenophile, the e-mail explained. — Frankie Mills, Air Mail, 27 June 2026 These were the grounds of revolution in 1776 and what colonists held to be the markings of a tyrant. — Robert Parkinson, The Conversation, 24 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for tyrant

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dictator

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For years the company has rewritten its own rules, redesigned its products, and even bent to the demands of dictators to preserve market access.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
President Jimmy Carter and Panamanian dictator Omar Torrijos signed the Carter-Torrijos Treaties transferring control of the Panama Canal from the United States to Panama by 2000.

— USA Today, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026

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