Tyrannophobe
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tyrannophobe is a noun meaning One who fears or distrusts dictatorship.
Meaning
One who fears or distrusts dictatorship.
More Meanings
- Synonym of tyrannophobic.
Example Sentences
Note how the correction suppresses the tyrannophobe and immoderate expression 'tyrannical oppression' with the more neutral 'usurpation'.
On the margin of harm, the question is whether the tyrannophobe rationally considers the evidence about the costs and benefits of dictatorship.
Most tyrants on seizing power start off by murdering the aristocracy; so conservatives are as tyrannophobe as democrats, and Dion was all that they admired.
Per contra, Hobbes, who was no tyrannophobe, declared instead that political citizens were as a God to one another, while non-political men were to one another as arrant wolves (II, h).
Word Forms
- tyrannophobes
Synonyms for tyrannophobe
Depending on context, synonyms include tyrannophobic.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tyrannophile, tyrannophobia, anti-tyrannist, tyrannist, tyrannophilia, tyrannicide.
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