Tyrannophilia
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tyrannophilia is a noun meaning A preference for autocratic forms of leadership.
Meaning
A preference for autocratic forms of leadership.
Example Sentences
Although tyrannophilia (D. Pikes) had not yet set in, the traditional tyrannophobia (Thomas Hobbes) had been partially set out of joint.
Like many another novellist, Giraldi expresses admiration for kings and even spends most of his ninth deca indulging in a kind of tyrannophilia, making heroes of Ercole d'Este, Alfonso d'Este, Lorenzo de' Medici, and Francois I. Maria de Pacheco.
Rather than attempt to domesticate Nietzsche's tyrannophilia, Staten instead investigates the possibility of a "communication of energy" within the economy of Nietzsche's texts between his tyrrannophilia on the one hand and the most profound and sublime elements of his teaching on the other.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tyrannophobia, tyrannophile, tyrannophobe, tyrannist, anti-tyrannist, tyrannicide.
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