totalitarian
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8.9
- adjective
- /ˌtoʊtəlˈtɛriən/
- Formal
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totalitario
- And I really experienced what most people in the West have never, ever experienced: life under a totalitarian regime.
- a totalitarian regime
- a totalitarian state
- a totalitarian government
I do not think that all Muslims are totalitarian in the conception of things.
- I do not think that all Muslims are totalitarian in the conception of things.
- I experienced a right wing dictator and a left wing totalitarian dictator.
- They were socialist state, very dangerous, totalitarian socialist states, but they were run by communists.
- And then the mural in there looks very, how would you say fascist, Totalitarian.
- It was very much a totalitarian vision.
- It'll come more likely through that kind of liberalism, it, it'll sneak the totalitarian perspective into the back door.
- On the other hand, they say it's totalitarian, that these are doctrine that are being imposed on youth.
- It was truly a totalitarian society where if you had wrong think you were in big trouble.
- Communism was his enemy is but more in the way of a rival of two totalitarian movements that both go against capitalism.
- A narcissistic relationship is like living in a totalitarian state where you are always being censored and observed.
- But my big concern is a totalitarian mindset that is spread very consciously throughout the popular relation.
Examples
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The seeds of totalitarian regimes are nurtured by misery and war.
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The candidate accepts the totalitarian view.
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So a mass society we know from European history is the first step to a totalitarian society.
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And there are those who would benefit from a totalitarian world government.
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And for good or for bad, India has rejected a more totalitarian approach to how it will deal with its social problems.
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Which is why I formed a plan for us to escape this totalitarian household.
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We are the last line of defence between a free world and a, uh, totalitarian hellscape.
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Even people living under totalitarian regimes still typically have choices.
Academic text (1999) -
In this universe, America was ruled by a totalitarian federal government that had a lock grip on newspapers and television.
Fiction book (1998) -
Many citizens feel their freedoms are restricted in a totalitarian state where the government exerts control over every aspect of their lives.
Synonyms
43
6.3
Using harsh, unfair power to control people and limit their freedom
25
7.9
Using power to treat people cruelly and unfairly
16
7.7
Having complete control and expecting people to obey without question
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8.0
A leader who has complete power and does not allow others to disagree
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8.4
A ruler who uses cruel and total power over people
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9.9
Using unfair, cruel power to control people
A government or group that controls all parts of people's lives
Supporting total power for one person or group without limits
A government led by one person with all the power
A leader who has harsh, total power and treats people unfairly
Having very strong, unfair power that controls or hurts people
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
6
8.3
A government that controls almost all parts of people's lives by force
- Formal
5
8.2
A government that controls almost every part of people's lives and punishes people who disagree
How Controlling
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Totalitarian comes from the root total meaning 'whole' plus a word ending that makes it about rule. So a totalitarian government is one that tries to control the 'whole' life of its people, public and private.