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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a tyranny of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where a particular group or ideology exerts oppressive control over others.
Example: "In the novel, the protagonist struggles against a tyranny of conformity that stifles individual expression."
Alternatives: "an oppression of" or "a domination of".
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It's a tyranny of choice.
Oh, for a tyranny of one's own.
The reality is a tyranny of two.
It is, to be sure, a tyranny of the minority.
We live under a "tyranny of the experts", Hertz writes.
Will the process become a "tyranny of statistics," as one panelist suggested?
Fearing a tyranny of the majority, they decided not to vote but to work by consensus.
And to say that a referendum was a tyranny of the majority was a misunderstanding.
In effect, this creates a tyranny of exams largely based on rote learning.
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([ 60 ], p. 638) "...have the potential to contribute to a 'tyranny of positive thinking' [ 60] which could become an unintended legacy of positive psychology.
Lechner et al. [ 28] have cautioned positive psychologists that benefit finding interventions might "...have the potential to contribute to a 'tyranny of positive thinking' [ 60 ] which could become an unintended legacy of positive psychology.
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