If this is not the classic definition of tyranny, what is?

Those remain to do work, and hence complement the classic definition.

Here's the classic definition of boredom - sitting around and watching paint dry.

That was the classic definition, now certain shades do allow for "view through."

We are not in a recession, at least not by the classic definition.

True, it might not be style in the classic definition.

He certainly doesn't fit the classic definition of "people person."

This is the classic definition of pay for pulse.

I think this is an issue of language convention rather than the classic definition of a square.

It might be a contradiction of the classic definition, but it's always worked for me.