Both Uses
tyranny
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
(Edited)
- She had been with us ever since Jem was born, and I had felt her tyrannical presence as long as I could remember.
p. 6.7 *tyrannical = harshly controlling
- For some reason, my first year of school had wrought a great change in our relationship: Calpurnia's tyranny, unfairness, and meddling in my business had faded to gentle grumblings of general disapproval.
p. 38.3tyranny = harsh control
Definitions:
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(1)
(tyranny) harsh and unjust rule
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)