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| Tyranny |
Arbitrary or unrestrained exercise of power; despotic abuse of authority. Absolute power, especially when exercised unjustly or cruelly: "I have sworn . . . eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man" (Thomas Jefferson).
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