| 单词 | totalitarian |
| 释义 | totalitarian (once / 5467 pages) adjn You can decipher the meaning of totalitarian by the first part: "total." It refers to a government with total power, one that exercises complete, even oppressive control over the people and their activities. (You can also figure it’s not nice.) The word totalitarian first came about in 1926 as totalitario, an adjective to describe the Italian fascism of that time. The English form was adapted from the Italian to describe an absolutely powerful regime. Socialist leader Norman Thomas once said: "To us Americans much has been given; of us much is required. With all our faults and mistakes, it is our strength in support of the freedom our forefathers loved which has saved mankind from subjection to totalitarian power." WORD FAMILYtotalitarian: totalitarianism, totalitarians+/totalitarianism: totalitarianisms USAGE EXAMPLESFor Mr. Mekas, the tenor of 2016 carried echoes of his early years, when he experienced both displacement and the rise of totalitarian regimes. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) Rather than abolish Christmas, other totalitarians chose to co-opt the season. Wall Street Journal(Dec 23, 2016) For so long we thought Big Brother was an all-seeing totalitarian dictator. The Guardian(Dec 21, 2016) 1adj characterized by a government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control "a totalitarian regime crushes all autonomous institutions in its drive to seize the human soul"- Arthur M.Schlesinger, Jr. Syn undemocratic not in agreement with or according to democratic doctrine or practice or ideals 2adj of or relating to the principles of totalitarianism according to which the state regulates every realm of life totalitarian theory and practice Syn totalistic 3n an adherent of totalitarian principles or totalitarian government Hyper adherent, disciple someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another |
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