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10 Language-to-English Dictionariestotalitarismo
Pronunciation / Transliteration: totalitarismo
"Il totalitarismo nega la libertà individuale."
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A system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.
"The novel depicts a dystopian society crushed under the weight of totalitarianism."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Italian 'totalitarismo', coined in the early 1920s by opponents of Benito Mussolini's fascist regime, combining 'totale' (total) with the suffix '-ismo'. It entered English in the late 1920s and 1930s to describe centralized political systems that seek to regulate every aspect of public and private life.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Totalitarianism" is said worldwide
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totalitarisme
Transliteration: totalitarisme
"Le XXe siècle a connu la montée du totalitarisme."
Totalitarismus
Transliteration: Totalitarismus
"Das Regime war eine Form des Totalitarismus."
totalitarismo
Transliteration: totalitarismo
"Il totalitarismo nega la libertà individuale."
totalitarismo
Transliteration: totalitarismo
"El totalitarismo controla todos los aspectos de la vida pública y privada."
totalitarismo
Transliteration: totalitarismo
"O totalitarismo suprime a oposição política."
सर्वाधिकारवाद
Transliteration: sarvadhikarvad
"इतिहास ने कई देशों में सर्वाधिकारवाद का उदय देखा है।"
极权主义
Transliteration: jí quán zhǔ yì
"极权主义是对个人自由的彻底否定。"
전체주의
Transliteration: jeonchejuui
"전체주의는 국가가 개인의 삶을 완전히 통제한다."
全体主義
Transliteration: zentaishugi
"全体主義国家では個人の自由が制限される。"
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