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totalitarianism

[toh-tal-i-tair-ee-uh-niz-uhm] / toʊˌtæl ɪˈtɛər i əˌnɪz əm /
NOUN
absolutism
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STRONGEST


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In the 20th century, the conflict with totalitarianism made that role all the more important.

From The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2026

His parents’ experience living under totalitarianism shaped his outlook on the world.

From Los Angeles Times May 12, 2026

She was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 2009 for fiction that chronicled the horrors of Ceaușescu’s totalitarianism, which lasted from 1965 to his overthrow and execution in 1989.

From The Wall Street Journal May 8, 2026

Whereas authoritarianism may leave society outside the political realm more or less intact, totalitarianism makes a total claim on civil society.

From Salon Jun. 22, 2025

Freemasonry and totalitarianism, by Carl H. Claudy. © 27Dec39; AA322575. 5Sep67; R416740.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1967 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office




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