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Tyranny vs Liberalism - What's the difference?

tyranny | liberalism |

As nouns the difference between tyranny and liberalism

is that tyranny is a government in which a single ruler (a tyrant) has absolute power; this system of government while liberalism is the quality of being liberal.

tyranny

Noun

(tyrannies)
  • A government in which a single ruler (a tyrant) has absolute power; this system of government.
  • The office or jurisdiction of an absolute ruler.
  • Absolute power, or its use.
  • Extreme severity or rigour.
  • Synonyms

    * (government) autocracy, despotism, dictatorship, monarchy

    Derived terms

    * tyrannical * tyranny of the majority

    See also

    * autocracy * monarchy

    liberalism

    English

    Noun

  • The quality of being liberal.
  • Any political movement founded on the autonomy and personal freedom of the individual, progress and reform, and government by law with the consent of the governed.
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  • An economic theory in favour of laissez faire and the free market.