1a : a ruler with absolute power and authority tyrannical despots. b : one exercising power tyrannically : a person exercising absolute power in a brutal or oppressive way regards the basketball coach as a despot.

An absolute ruler who governs without restriction. A harsh and cruel ruler.

A tyrant (pronounce: tie-rant) is a person who rules with absolute power. The rule of a tyrant is called tyranny. The adjective is tyrannical.

noun. a person exercising absolute power, especially a ruler who has absolute, unrestricted control in a government without hereditary succession. (in ancient Rome) a person invested with supreme authority during a crisis, the regular magistracy being subordinated to him until the crisis was met.

noun. a country, government, or the form of government in which absolute power is exercised by a dictator. absolute, imperious, or overbearing power or control.

noun. a person or group that exercises authority or power over another in a harsh and burdensome way:Meanwhile the oppressors, blind to the brutal and unjust practices sustaining their dominance, simply increase the level of force against any who resist.

An oppressor is any authority (a group or a person) that uses its power unjustly to keep people under control. Many rebellious teenagers view their parents as oppressors, but the word is usually used to refer to dictators.

Oppression is malicious or unjust treatment or exercise of power, often under the guise of governmental authority or cultural opprobrium. Oppression may be overt or covert, depending on how it is practiced.

The inauguration of the president of the United States is a ceremony to mark the commencement of a new four-year term of the president of the United States. The inauguration takes place for each new presidential term, even if the president is continuing in office for a second term.

The word ‘indigenous’ refers to the notion of a place-based human ethnic culture that has not migrated from its homeland, and is not a settler or colonial population. To be indigenous is therefore by definition different from being of a world culture, such as the Western or Euro-American culture.

Indigenous peoples of Mexico (Spanish: gente indígena de México, pueblos indígenas de México), Native Mexicans (Spanish: nativos mexicanos) or Mexican Native Americans (Spanish: pueblos originarios de México, lit.

Indigenous individuals will often respond to “where are you from” with the name of their band or nation, not the city, town, or province in which they live. It is also common to hear Indigenous individuals identify themselves in genealogical terms – who their parents and grandparents are.

Government agencies and community organisations usually accept three ‘working criteria’ as confirmation of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander heritage. These are: being of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent. identifying as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person.

‘Aborigine’ is generally perceived as insensitive, because it has racist connotations from Australia’s colonial past, and lumps people with diverse backgrounds into a single group. Without a capital “a”, “aboriginal” can refer to an Indigenous person from anywhere in the world.

In NSW as in the rest of Australia, laws and policies exist specifically to benefit Aboriginal persons. Regardless of the program, service, benefit or fund sought, Aboriginality is a criterion for access to these benefits and proof of Aboriginality is required.

The artists decided to eliminate the sacred elements and abstracted the designs into dots to conceal their sacred designs which they used in ceremony. During ceremonies Aboriginal people would clear and smooth over the soil to then apply sacred designs which belonged to that particular ceremony.

Cross Hatching The rarrk is a unique feature of Kunwinjku Aboriginal art. Fine-line cross-hatching is used in representations of sea creatures and reptiles such as barramundi, turtles and water reptiles.