totalitarian regime
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8.3
- noun
- /ˌtoʊtəlˈtɛriən rɪˈɡeɪm/
- Formal
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régimen totalitario
- Haven't they already suffered enough from colonization, war, droughts, economic decline, and a totalitarian regime?
- authoritarian or totalitarian regime
- oppressive totalitarian regimes
China is one party dictatorship, the largest totalitarian regime in the whole world.
- China is one party dictatorship, the largest totalitarian regime in the whole world.
- With, with radio that led to the rise of totalitarian regimes in, in Europe.
- We will not be able to survive another round of imperialist wars and totalitarian regimes.
- So she said that in totalitarian regimes, people tend to give up their everyday concerns for abstract concepts.
- So they're all of their intention was to change a country that was being, that was, that had stemmed out of a coup d'etat and it was a totalitarian regime.
Examples
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And I really experienced what most people in the West have never, ever experienced: life under a totalitarian regime.
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But surveillance also has the capacity to stifle expressive autonomy, as under a totalitarian regime.
Academic text (2018) -
While you have likely never lived in a nation under a totalitarian regime, I have.
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But in the Soviet Union you have a totalitarian regime which is in some ways similar.
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Even people living under totalitarian regimes still typically have choices.
Academic text (1999) -
China is one party dictatorship, the largest totalitarian regime in the whole world.
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Some of the most notorious examples come from totalitarian regimes.
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The strength of a totalitarian regime isn't really in its army; it's in its bureaucracy.
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North Korea's totalitarian regime and impoverished society buck these trends.
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Life under a totalitarian regime often involves strict censorship and a lack of personal freedoms.
Synonyms
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4.8
A government where one person or a small group has all power and does not allow political opposition
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6.7
One person or a small group rules a country cruelly
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7.5
A country where the government uses strict police control and spying to limit people's freedoms
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9.3
A government that controls nearly all parts of people's lives and takes away personal freedom
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8.7
A system where one person or small group has almost all political power
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9.6
A government where one person or group has all power and rules cruelly
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7.4
A government where one leader or a small group holds power and limits people's freedoms
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8.2
A government that controls almost every part of people's lives and punishes people who disagree
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7.6
A country ruled by leaders who tightly control people's lives and freedoms
Antonyms
How Controlling
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'totalitarian' denotes control over all aspects of life and 'regime' denotes a governing system, so a learner who knows both words can infer a government that seeks to control public and private life. This ordinary adjective+noun combination is cross-linguistically common and follows transparent semantic composition, making it immediately comprehensible to B1 learners who know the constituents.
Etymology
The term totalitarian regime comes from the idea that the government wants complete control, with total meaning 'whole' and regime meaning 'government'. Imagine a government trying to control every home, school, and newspaper, so it means a state that controls both public and private life.