tyrannophobic

comparative more tyrannophobic · superlative most tyrannophobic

1. Characterized by tyrannophobia.

   The conservative legal scholars Eric Posner and Adrian Vermeule thought that the uproar was all just 'tyrannophobic' nonsense.

   2019, Simon Reid-Henry, Empire of Democracy, →ISBN

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   In the first, tyrannophobic constitutional designers set up elaborate vetogates, legislative and judicial oversight, and other checks and balances, all with an eye to minimizing the risks of executive dictatorship.

   2011, Eric A. Posner, Adrian Vermeule, The Executive Unbound: After the Madisonian Republic, →ISBN, page 197

   Our data set is cross-sectional, so we cannot directly test whether a democracy with a tyrannophobic population is less likely to become a dictatorship.

   2012, Tom Ginsburg, Comparative Constitutional Design, →ISBN, page 330