totalitarianism
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9.3
- noun
- /ˌtoʊtəlˈtɛəriənɪzəm/
- Formal
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totalitarismo
- Historically, totalitarianism has been characterized by the concentration of power in a single political party.
- transition from totalitarianism
- totalitarianism and authoritarianism
- communist totalitarianism
So the Rebel was saying that totalitarianism of all sorts was wrong.
- So the Rebel was saying that totalitarianism of all sorts was wrong.
- And you, you have all the totalitarianisms of the world, all the dictatorships.
- We all have this temptation towards totalitarianism born of pride, especially smart people.
- I spoke around the country detailing and arguing against the code of totalitarianism under which we suffer.
- One of the things that's so disturbing about Hannah Ren's model of totalitarianism is the leader can be changed.
- And again, there's very similar thing in terms of traditions other than fascism, their desire to create a kind of totalitarianism.
- And that idea resists the drug of totalitarianism, the drug of power.
- That's the crazy kind of totalitarianism light that now exists in our our universities.
Examples
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Soviet totalitarianism is not withering away; Gorbachev is seeking to give it a new life.
Academic text (1990) -
Orwell, of course, decried the willingness of committed intellectuals to embrace one form or another of totalitarianism.
Fiction book (1995) -
We all have this temptation towards totalitarianism born of pride, especially smart people.
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I spoke around the country detailing and arguing against the code of totalitarianism under which we suffer.
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The superpower conflict slowly emerged as one between two ways of life: totalitarianism and democracy.
Academic text (1992) -
We made the painful sacrifices necessary to defeat totalitarianism in all of its guises.
Blog text (7) -
Nevertheless, churches managed to persist in the harsh environment of Soviet totalitarianism.
Academic text (1999) -
Many people fought against totalitarianism to protect their freedoms and rights.
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The rise of totalitarianism often leads to the suppression of free speech and individual liberties.
Synonyms
157
4.8
A government where one person or a small group has all power and does not allow political opposition
109
6.7
One person or a small group rules a country cruelly
30
7.5
A country where the government uses strict police control and spying to limit people's freedoms
7
9.6
A government where one person or group has all power and rules cruelly
6
8.3
A government that controls almost all parts of people's lives by force
5
7.4
A government where one leader or a small group holds power and limits people's freedoms
5
8.2
A government that controls almost every part of people's lives and punishes people who disagree
5
8.2
A government in which one person has all power
3
8.1
A system where one ruler has complete power
1
7.6
A country ruled by leaders who tightly control people's lives and freedoms
1
8.2
A government where one person has all power and others cannot oppose them
Belief that the government should control every part of people's lives
A government where one person has all power over the country and no limits
Antonyms
78
5.8
A political belief that values individual freedom, equal rights, limited government, free markets, and social progress
How Controlling
- Formal
19
9.3
11
8.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
totalitarianism = totalitarian (transparent) = total + itarian + ism
Formed by a straightforward nominalization of the adjective 'totalitarian' with the productive suffix '-ism'; the political-ideological meaning is directly predictable from the adjective.
Etymology
The word totalitarianism comes from the word total, which means 'whole' or 'complete', and the ending -ism, meaning 'a belief' or 'system'. So totalitarianism is a political system where the state tries to control 'everything' in people's public and private lives.