totalizing
- adjective
- /ˈtoʊtəlˌaɪzɪŋ/
- Formal
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totalizador
- The totalizing narrative presented in the documentary left no room for alternative viewpoints or interpretations.
And, and but that is totalizing politics.
- And, and but that is totalizing politics.
- But people get into that and all sorts of totalitarian and totalizing movements would do this.
- Its failure, alas, was ensured at the outset by its totalizing ambition.
- And then you're like, you're never getting a really clear answer from the streamers who have like now kind of totalizing monopolistic control over what people see.
Examples
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Most Americans, probably most people, never think about it again, except, not uncommonly, to regress to something more "fundamental," i.e., more primitive and more totalizing.
Blog text (20) -
The potentially totalizing structure of world knowledge is revoked through the postmodern text model, reinforcing rather than breaking down the boundary between the actual and fictional worlds.
Academic text (1995) -
However, this notion of equality was a totalizing and general concept that did not take individual differences into consideration.
Academic text (1997) -
Its failure, alas, was ensured at the outset by its totalizing ambition.
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The government's totalizing approach to education often ignores the unique needs of individual students.
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Many critics argue that a totalizing ideology oversimplifies complex social issues and dismisses diverse perspectives.
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Etymology
The word totalizing comes from total, which means 'whole', and the part -ize, which means 'to make'. So to totalize is to try to make everything into one whole, which is why a totalizing view can try to explain or control everything and miss important differences.