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Pronunciation / Transliteration: sarvadhikarvadi
"सर्वाधिकारवादी शासन ने नागरिकों के अधिकार छीन लिए।"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Relating to a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.
"The citizens suffered under the harsh restrictions of a totalitarian regime."
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A person who advocates or enforces totalitarian principles.
"History shows that a totalitarian will suppress all forms of political opposition."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Italian 'totalitario', coined in the early 1920s by opponents of Benito Mussolini's fascist regime to describe its all-encompassing nature. It combines the Latin 'totus' (meaning 'whole' or 'total') with the suffix '-arian', entering English in the late 1920s to denote centralized, dictatorial governance that regulates every aspect of public and private life.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Totalitarian" is said worldwide
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totalitaire
Transliteration: totalitɛʁ
"Le pays était gouverné par un régime totalitaire."
totalitär
Transliteration: totaliˈtɛːɐ̯
"Das Volk litt unter der totalitären Herrschaft."
totalitario
Transliteration: totaliˈtaːrjo
"Il regime totalitario controllava ogni aspetto della vita."
totalitario
Transliteration: totaliˈtaɾjo
"La novela describe una sociedad bajo el control totalitario."
totalitário
Transliteration: totaliˈtaɾju
"O governo totalitário proibiu a liberdade de imprensa."
सर्वाधिकारवादी
Transliteration: sarvadhikarvadi
"सर्वाधिकारवादी शासन ने नागरिकों के अधिकार छीन लिए।"
极权主义的
Transliteration: jí quán zhǔ yì de
"极权主义政府对社会实行全面控制。"
전체주의의
Transliteration: jeonchejuuiui
"그 국가는 전체주의적 통제를 받고 있었습니다."
全体主義の
Transliteration: zentai shugi no
"全体主義体制は個人の自由を制限する。"
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