form of tyranny
collocation in Englishmeaningsofformandtyranny
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form
noun
uk/fɔːm/us/fɔːrm/
a paper or set of papers printed with spaces in which answers to questions can be written or information can be recorded in an ...
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tyranny
noun[U]
uk/ˈtɪr.ən.i/us/ˈtɪr.ən.i/
government by a ruler or small group of people who have unlimited power over the people in their country or state and use it unfairly ...
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(Definition offormandtyrannyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Another panelist observed that many people see globalization as aformoftyranny, and as such, may be on the verge of collapse.
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Equally, their predilection for a representative form of government predisposes them to rebellion against anyformoftyrannyor invasion of their territory.
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If their constituents are not affected, there is no accountability at all—and in the absence of accountability, there is aformoftyranny.
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It can be said to have opposed everyformoftyrannyand oppression wherever it reared its head.
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I am strongly opposed to the party list system, which is anotherformoftyrannythat needs to be overcome.
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They do not want to exchange oneformoftyrannyfor another.
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At least we are consistent in opposing everyformoftyranny.
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That implies that to remain in a local education authority is aformoftyranny.
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That is aformoftyranny.
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To prevent civil servants from engaging in political activity is a grossformoftyrannywhich will have its reaction in great resentment in the minds of those affected.
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The only alternative to the system which has been much criticised here today is someformoftyranny, of which the world is full of illustrations.
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Some of the militia groups sees power of a government as aformoftyranny.
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Classical republicanism was rather aimed against anyformoftyranny, whether monarchic, aristocratic, or democratic (tyranny of the majority).
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I go further and say that of all forms of tyranny the worst is an oligarchy, for there the responsibility is divided.
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We are trying to convince the rest of the world of its superiority over various forms of tyranny, personal, party or sectarian.
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Like all forms of tyranny, such as the poll tax, it always calls itself something else, masquerading behind the democratic facade.
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One of the greatest forms of tyranny that the trade unions exert is.
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I know that racialism is regarded, and for many good reasons, as being the most abhorrent of the many forms of tyranny in the world.
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We look to our newspapers to expose all forms of tyranny, corruption, evil practices, or harsh dealings.
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Byron believed neither in democracy nor in equality, but opposed all forms of tyranny and all attempts of rulers to control man.
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