Totalitarian State (Noun)
Meaning
A government that subordinates the individual to the state and strictly controls all aspects of life by coercive measures.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- The totalitarian state exerted complete control over its citizens, suppressing any form of dissent or opposition.
- In a totalitarian state, the government has absolute authority and regulates every aspect of people's lives.
- The rise of the totalitarian state led to widespread human rights abuses and the suppression of individual freedoms.
- Under the totalitarian state, independent media outlets were shut down, and propaganda was used to shape public opinion.
- Critics argued that the country was slowly becoming a totalitarian state, with the government increasingly restricting civil liberties.