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type n. 1 class, category, classification, kind, sort, genre, order,
variety, breed, species, strain, group, genus, ilk, kidney:
Just what type of person would you say the president is? 2
typeface, Brit fount, US font: The body text ought to be set in
Bodoni Book type, the headings in Times bold. 3 prototype,
paradigm, archetype, epitome, exemplar, model, specimen,
pattern, personification, standard, quintessence: She doesn't
consider him to be the usual type of businessman.
--v. 4 typewrite; keyboard; transcribe: She types at a speed
of about sixty words a minute.
typical adj. 1 representative, characteristic, conventional, normal,
standard, ordinary, regular: On a typical day I get up at 6.30.
2 orthodox, classic, conventional, in character, in keeping,
usual, commonplace, run-of-the-mill, natural, customary, common,
to be expected, ordinary: His way of looking at life is typical
for someone of his educational and social background.
typify v. exemplify, instance, epitomize, personify, represent,
characterize, embody, evince, symbolize, suggest: John's views
typify the conservative approach.
tyrannical
adj. tyrannous, oppressive, dictatorial, Fascistic, despotic,
autocratic, authoritarian, arbitrary, imperious, overbearing,
unjust, high-handed, severe, harsh, iron-handed, heavy-handed:
The people suffered under one tyrannical form of government
after another for generations.
tyrannize v. Often, tyrannize over. domineer over, bully, subjugate,
enthral, enslave, dominate, intimidate, dictate to, order about
or around, ride roughshod over, browbeat, keep under (one's)
thumb, oppress, subdue, suppress, keep down: The people have
been tyrannized long enough.
tyranny n. autocracy, Fascism, authoritarianism, absolutism, despotism,
dictatorship, Stalinism, Nazism; arbitrariness, oppression,
suppression, subjugation, enslavement, enthralment, domination:
Tyranny would not survive long were it not expedient for its
supporters.