Meaning of Totalitarianism | Babel Free
Definitions
A system of government in which the people have virtually no authority and the state wields absolute control, for example, a dictatorship.
Equivalents
Català
totalitarisme
Čeština
totalitarismus
Dansk
totalitarisme
Deutsch
Totalitarismus
Ελληνικά
ολοκληρωτισμός
Español
totalitarismo
Français
totalitarisme
Magyar
totalitarizmus
Íslenska
alræði
Italiano
totalitarismo
日本語
全体主義
한국어
전체주의
Kurdî
totalîtarîzm
Македонски
тоталитаризам
Nederlands
totalitarisme
Português
totalitarismo
Română
totalitarism
Русский
тоталитаризм
Slovenčina
totalitarizmus
Svenska
totalitarism
Українська
тоталітаризм
Tiếng Việt
chủ nghĩa toàn trị
Examples
“And if it is true that in the final stages of totalitarianism an absolute evil appears (absolute because it can no longer be deduced from humanly comprehensible motives), it is also true that without it we might never have known the truly radical nature of Evil.”
“The film Repentance caused a sensation across the Soviet Union not only because it publicly condemned the evil of totalitarianism but also because it encouraged tens of thousands of Soviet people to reflect upon the source and root cause of the evil.[…]”
“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.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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