Tyranny

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…in the harsh use of authority or power *. Tyranny is a word meaning, *oppressive power exerted by government, a government in which absolute power is vested in a single ruler; especially: one characteristic of an ancient Greek city-state*. In this quotation, a person who is a tyrant is someone who obviously has authority, but exceeds that power given to him or her. An example of someone who was a tyrant is Hitler. Hitler was deemed