tyrannophilic

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English

Etymology

From tyranno- +‎ -philic.

Adjective

tyrannophilic (comparative more tyrannophilic, superlative most tyrannophilic)

  1. Characterized by tyrannophilia.
    • 1990, Henry Staten, Nietzsche's Voice, →ISBN, page 102:
      Nietzsche knows as much about the power of the slave as Hegel does, but in his tyrannophilic phase he cannot reconcile himself to what he knows, cannot gaily grant the slave a place in the dialectical commedia of the whole.
    • 1999, Odysseus Makridis, “An Inquiry into Book VI of Plato's Republic”, in Journal of Philosophical Research, volume 24:
      Thus, we do know, for instance, that Socrates associated with tyrannophilic youths, and that he discussed with them political questions and issues pertaining to their self-interest appropriately defined.
    • 2002, Salim Kemal, Ivan Gaskell, Daniel W. Conway, Nietzsche, Philosophy and the Arts, →ISBN, page 245:
      But I want to argue that this presentation is driven by a deep compulsion in Nietzsche, one that reasserts itself throughout his work and that binds together his tyrannophilic and his leveling tendencies.