🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

全体主義

Pronunciation / Transliteration: zentaishugi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
totalitarianism/təʊˌtælɪˈteəriənɪzəm/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"全体主義国家では個人の自由が制限される。"

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As noun
  1. 1

    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

Coined in the early 1920s, derived from Italian 'totalitarismo' (associated with Mussolini's regime), from 'totale' (total), based on Latin 'totus'.

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