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: resist, object
opposite : contrary, reverse
oppress : maltreat, persecute
oppression : tyranny // noun

1 [uncountable] unfair and strict control over someone: He longed to escape from the tyranny of his aunt.

2 [countable, uncountable] government by one person or a small group that has gained power unfairly and uses it cruelly

3 the tyranny of fashion/the clock etc the way that fashion etc limits people's freedom to do things the way they want to do

4 [countable often plural] a cruel or unfair action that limits someone's freedom: the tyrannies of Louis XVI's court

, despot / / noun [countable]
someone such as a ruler who used power in a cruel and unfair way
despotic / adjective
despotically / adverb , persecution