totalitarian
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That he shares his name with Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini - "two of the most well-known figures of 20th-Century European totalitarian regimes" - has made his candidacy a "striking event", local outlet Peru21 reported.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
“My grandparents were murdered in concentration camps. And to see how the world, again, is swinging that direction, where there are too many people in favor of a totalitarian government, is crazy,” Eliot said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
Extremely isolated, totalitarian North Korea is a militarised and heavily indoctrinated state.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
His real offense, he came to believe, was the one thing a totalitarian party can’t allow: organized reading and exchanging ideas outside it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
But what they didn’t say was that prison was also a microcosm of a totalitarian society, a nearly pure example of the police state.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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