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Is “tyrannical” positive or negative?

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In antiquity the word tyrant was not necessarily pejorative and signified the holder of absolute political power. In its modern usage the word tyranny is usually pejorative and connotes the illegitimate possession or use of such power.

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negative

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tyrannical is kind of like communistic in some ways

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