Certain
Certain adjective - Known but not named.
Tyrannical and certain are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tyrannical" instead an adjective "Certain".
Tyrannical
Tyrannical adjective - Exercising power or authority without interference by others.
Certain and tyrannical are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Certain" instead an adjective "Tyrannical".
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- Inciting Incident: At certain points in the Myth Arc, the action is kickstarted by one of these, typically at the beginning of a trilogy: Camber of Culdi opens with the discovery of the dismembered remains of a tyrannical Deryni noble, Lord Rannulf.
Source: Literature / Deryni -
They also tend to misread it in themselves, with Iceni in particular having a sort of philosophical crisis as she comes to realize she might disagree more with certain tyrannical and immoral actions that she previously thought.
Source: Literature / The Lost Stars
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