totalitarian society

collocation in English

meaningsoftotalitarianandsociety

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totalitarian
adjective
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/təʊˌtæl.ɪˈteə.ri.ən/us
/toʊˌtæl.əˈter.i.ən/
of or being a political system in which those in power have complete control and do not allow people freedom to ...
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society
noun
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/səˈsaɪ.ə.ti/us
/səˈsaɪ.ə.t̬i/
a large group of people who live together in an organized way, making decisions about how to do things and sharing the work that needs to be done. All the people in a country, or in several similar countries, can be referred to as ...
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(Definition oftotalitarianandsocietyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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If ever he were to live in atotalitariansociety, he would be the first to have his head chopped off.
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That would mean atotalitariansocietywhich we in this country would not accept.
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Only intotalitariansocietyis this sort of thing banned.
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This is easily done in atotalitariansociety.
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I think we are all beginning to know what atotalitariansocietyis like.
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It is a closed, secret,totalitariansocietywith great privileges for the ruling class, which is not willing to abandon them.
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I had not myself thought that we lived in atotalitariansocietyor wanted to.
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It is the way one distinguishes between a free society and atotalitariansociety.
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It is not an answer to the greater concentration of resources which atotalitariansocietycan command.
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The secret police of thetotalitariansocietyprevent the citizens enjoying those spurious rights.
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The difference between a democracy and atotalitariansocietyis the way in which the family survives as a family.
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We know that these pressures exist—economic pressures and political pressures—in atotalitariansociety, even though the people have not the ordinary opportunities of expression.
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I would not want to live in atotalitariansociety.
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The great advantage of our society over atotalitariansocietylies in the fact that we can reflect the interests of free individuals.
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It will represent a step back from the move to thetotalitariansocietywhich we face unless we are careful.
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In many respects it is also the basic right that distinguishes a free society from atotalitariansociety.
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I do not want atotalitariansociety.
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Nobody here wants atotalitariansociety.
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It was blamed for creating atotalitariansocietyand thereby experienced decline.
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