Monarchy vs. Tyranny

Monarchynoun

A government in which sovereignty is embodied within a single, today usually hereditary head of state (whether as a figurehead or as a powerful ruler).

Monarchynoun

The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom.

Monarchynoun

A form of government where sovereignty is embodied by a single ruler in a state and his high aristocracy representing their separate divided lands within the state and their low aristocracy representing their separate divided fiefs.

Monarchynoun

A state or government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of a monarch.

Monarchynoun

A system of government in which the chief ruler is a monarch.

Monarchynoun

The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom.

Monarchynoun

an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority

Monarchy

A monarchy is a form of government in which a person, the monarch, is head of state for life or until abdication. The political legitimacy and authority of the monarch may vary from restricted and largely symbolic (constitutional monarchy), to fully autocratic (absolute monarchy), and can expand across the domains of the executive, legislative, and judicial.

Tyrannynoun

A government in which a single ruler (a tyrant) has absolute power; this system of government.

Tyrannynoun

The office or jurisdiction of an absolute ruler.

Tyrannynoun

Absolute power, or its use.

Tyrannynoun

A system of government in which power is exercised on behalf of the ruler or ruling class, without regard to the wishes of the governed.

Tyrannynoun

Extreme severity or rigour.

Tyrannynoun

The government or authority of a tyrant; a country governed by an absolute ruler; hence, arbitrary or despotic exercise of power; exercise of power over subjects and others with a rigor not authorized by law or justice, or not requisite for the purposes of government.

Tyrannynoun

Cruel government or discipline; as, the tyranny of a schoolmaster.

Tyrannynoun

Severity; rigor; inclemency.

Tyrannynoun

a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

Tyrannynoun

dominance through threat of punishment and violence

Tyrannynoun

cruel and oppressive government or rule

Tyrannynoun

a state under cruel and oppressive government.

Tyrannynoun

cruel, unreasonable, or arbitrary use of power or control

Tyrannynoun

(especially in ancient Greece) rule by one who has absolute power without legal right.