<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">tyranny</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>despotism</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>tyrants</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>political ideologies and attitudes</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>tyrannical</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Form of rule in which power is maintained by a tyrant, who holds vast or absolute power, and exercises power oppressively, cruelly, or unjustly. For forms of rule in which power is absolute and the element of arbitrariness is present, prefer "despotism." ]]></note></mads>