packerbacker
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ok cris, one more time, that is if you consider Random House Webster's College Dictionary a "Reliable academic source". This is their definition:
tyr•an•nyˈtɪr ə ni(n.)(pl.)-nies.
tyr•an•nyˈtɪr ə ni(n.)(pl.)-nies.
- arbitrary or unrestrained exercise of power; despotic abuse of authority.
- the government or rule of a tyrant.
Category: Government
- a state ruled by a tyrant.
Category: Government
- oppressive or unjust government.
Category: Government
- undue severity or harshness.
- a tyrannical act.