totalitarianism

CEFRC1

/tˌoʊˌtæləˈtɛriəˌnɪzəm/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A system of government that controls all parts of people's lives.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A system of government in which the people have virtually no authority and the state wields absolute control, for example, a dictatorship.

Examples

  • The New World Order is an atheist new communist totalitarianism.

  • Totalitarianism is when people are mean to me.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3

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In context

  • Mr. Yudin argues that Russia is moving out of authoritarianism – where political passivity and civic disengagement are key features – into totalitarianism, which relies on mass mobilization, terror and homogeneity of beliefs.

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Origin

noun

1938, from totalitarian + -ism, modeled after Italian totalitarismo (1923, by Giovanni Amendola) and German terms such as Totalstaat (1927, The Concept of the Political, by Carl Schmitt).