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- Dictionaryty·ran·ni·cal/təˈranəkəl/
adjective
- 1. exercising power in a cruel or arbitrary way: "her father was portrayed as tyrannical and unloving"
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2 days ago · I define a totalitarian state as one with a system of government that is unlimited, [either] constitutionally or by countervailing powers in society (such as by a Church, rural gentry, labor unions, or regional powers); is not held responsible to the public by periodic secret and competitive elections; and employs its unlimited power to control ...
1 day ago · How to respond to a tyrannical king, legally, remained a nearly insoluble problem. A concrete solution John of Salisbury’s discussion of these issues stayed on the level of abstraction.
1 day ago · “A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people,” Jefferson wrote in 1776. Despite historical distance and legal difference, John of Salisbury could not have put it better. Unlike, apparently, future U.S. presidents, kings have never been immune from the law.
2 days ago · The mercurial King John, who reigned from 1199 to 1216, flirted with tyrannical behavior. ... “A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, ...
2 days ago · Scholars in the first camp tended to adhere to a classical liberal ideology that valued procedural democracy (competitive elections, widespread participation defined primarily in terms of voting and civil liberties) as the political means best suited to achieving human welfare.
2 days ago · Definition of Emotional Health. Emotional health is a state of positive psychological functioning. It can be thought of as an extension of mental health; it's the "optimal functioning" end of the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that make up both our inner and outer worlds.
2 days ago · Every year, our country commemorates the revolution waged against a tyrannical executive. To safeguard against future tyranny, our founding documents designed a system that prevents undue concentrations of power in order to protect important rights and to ensure that a legislative consensus is reached before enacting laws on the most important issues in society.
