Totalitarian - English meaning

adjective

Not qualified or diminished in any way; total.

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Absolute secrecy

noun

A value or principle which is regarded as universally valid or which may be viewed without relation to other things.

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Good and evil are presented as absolutes

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A person who holds absolute principles in political, philosophical, or theological matters.

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He was a moral absolutist with little patience for shades of grey

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Relating to or supporting absolute principles.

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An absolutist political tradition

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Favouring or enforcing strict obedience to authority at the expense of personal freedom.

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The transition from an authoritarian to a democratic regime

noun

An authoritarian person.

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The power structures may have changed, but authoritarians will still abuse power however they can.

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Demanding total obedience to those in positions of authority

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An authoritarian ruler/parent

noun

A ruler who has absolute power.

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Like many autocrats, franco found the exercise of absolute power addictive

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Relating to a ruler who has absolute power.

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The constitutional reforms threatened his autocratic power

noun

A ruler or other person who holds absolute power, typically one who exercises it in a cruel or oppressive way.

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History should have taught us that despots, nuclear powers, rogue states et al do not attack strong…

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A ruler who has unlimited power and often uses it unfairly and cruelly

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A despotic regime

adjective

Of or typical of a despot; tyrannical.

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A despotic regime

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Having unlimited power over other people, and often using it unfairly and cruelly

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A despotic government/regime, a handful of corrupt and despotic leaders make the decisions.

noun

A ruler with total power over a country, typically one who has obtained control by force.

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Nevertheless, even absolute monarchs or totalitarian dictators are constrained by forces beyond the…

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Someone who rules a country with complete power, has complete control over the armed forces, and destroys any political opposition

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Dictatorial powers

adjective

Of or typical of a ruler with total power.

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A dictatorial regime

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Liking to give orders

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A dictatorial ruler/government, her father is very dictatorial.

noun

An advocate or follower of the political philosophy or system of fascism.

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He went to spain to fight against the fascists

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Relating to or supporting fascism.

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A military coup threw out the old fascist regime

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An advocate or follower of the political philosophy or system of fascism.

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He went to spain to fight against the fascists

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Having or relating to extreme right-wing, authoritarian, or intolerant views or practices.

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His campaign is filled with vaguely fascistic imagery

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Based on or supporting fascism

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Fascist groups, a fascist dictator/regime, he thinks all policemen are fascists and bullies.

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Opposed to liberal principles; restricting freedom of thought or behaviour.

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Illiberal and anti-democratic policies

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Limiting freedom of expression, thought, behaviour, etc.

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Illiberal policies

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A member of the far-right national socialist german workers' party.

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The term is a reference to the fascist counterrevolution, that which the nazis called the national …

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A member of the national socialist german workers' party.

noun

A member of the national socialist german workers’ party that controlled germany from 1933 to 1945 under adolf hitler, or someone who believes in fascism (= state control of social and economic life and extreme pride in country and race, with no political disagreement allowed)

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Involving only one political party

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The country is effectively a one-party state.

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Inflicting harsh and authoritarian treatment.

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An oppressive dictatorship

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Oppressive weather is hot, with a lot of wetness in the air.

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(especially of a social or political system) inhibiting or restraining personal freedom.

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A repressive regime

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A supporter of the soviet statesman stalin or his ideology and policies.

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The role of the stalinists during the spanish civil war

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Relating to the soviet statesman stalin or his ideology and policies.

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The stalinist regime

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Relating to, typical of, or supporting the political, economic, and social beliefs of the former soviet leader joseph stalin

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He was a musician in the soviet union towards the end of the repressive stalinist era., they accuse…

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Exercising power in a cruel or arbitrary way.

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A tyrannical government

adjective

Using, showing, or relating to the unfair and cruel use of power over other people in a country, group, etc.

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A tyrannical leader/regime/political system, in the end she left home just to escape the tyrannical…

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A cruel and oppressive ruler.

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The tyrant was deposed by popular demonstrations

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A ruler who has unlimited power over other people, and uses it unfairly and cruelly

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Tamir, one of several sons of the exiled ruler, vowed he would liberate his country from the tyrant…

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Not relating or according to democratic principles.

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An undemocratic regime