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/ˌtoʊˌtæɫəˈtɛɹiəˌnɪzəm/
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[ UK /təʊtˌælɪtˈeəɹiənˌɪzəm/ ]
[ UK /təʊtˌælɪtˈeəɹiənˌɪzəm/ ]
NOUN
- a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
- the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government
How To Use totalitarianism In A Sentence
- Through a series of strategic puns Sukenick associates the collection of evidence, analysis and causal sequence with political totalitarianism.
- Again, totalitarianism has an almost irresistible allure - it moves people - by reason of the emotional and essentially religious spirit which its leading apostles have infused into it.
- The basic elements of this perspective are a strong liberal commitment to human rights, solidarity with the oppressed, and a firm stand against fascism, totalitarianism and tyranny.
- The link between aesthetics and politics which forms the novel's principal thesis is only an abstract one - in practice, the link did not exist, and most of the writers, artists, filmmakers and composers who began by espousing the cause of a New Jerusalem built from Marxist revolutionism ultimately found themselves cast adrift in a murky sea of violence, war, totalitarianism and genocide. A private story
- But he does not engage in a moral defence of the ideology of liberalism; rather his strategy is the much deeper one of showing that totalitarianism is typically based upon historicist and holist presuppositions, and of demonstrating that these presuppositions are fundamentally incoherent. Karl Popper
- Today we define despotism (along with dictatorship and totalitarianism) as a form of government.
- For him, all forms of bodily discipline are essentially the same: democracy and totalitarianism are equally carceral.
- They unlock the secret to how a seemingly normal country can find itself plunged into nationalist totalitarianism.
- And they crave using the liberty-crushing power of a big government to come into our homes, our churches, and our schools take away our liberties by forcing us to conform to their personal version of what a "good person" should be. (which they don't even all agree upon) It's far closer to totalitarianism than anything the limp-wristed liberals EVER came up with. Are we a Christian Nation?
- Italian fascism was very distinctive from National Socialism, and neither resembled Japanese totalitarianism.