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"ref": "1951, Hannah Arendt, “Preface to the First Edition”, in The Origins of Totalitarianism (A Harvest/HBJ Book), new edition, San Diego, Calif., New York, N.Y.: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, published 1973, →ISBN, pages viii–ix:",
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"text": "The film Repentance caused a sensation across the Soviet Union not only because it publicly condemned the evil of totalitarianism but also because it encouraged tens of thousands of Soviet people to reflect upon the source and root cause of the evil.[…]",
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"ref": "2022 April 9, Sabrina Tavernise, “Putin’s War in Ukraine Shatters an Illusion in Russia”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
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"ref": "1951, Hannah Arendt, “Preface to the First Edition”, in The Origins of Totalitarianism (A Harvest/HBJ Book), new edition, San Diego, Calif., New York, N.Y.: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, published 1973, →ISBN, pages viii–ix:",
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"ref": "2020 October 31, Yiqing, “Why Is the Chinese Communist Party So Afraid of Intellectuals?”, in Minghui:",
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"ref": "2022 April 9, Sabrina Tavernise, “Putin’s War in Ukraine Shatters an Illusion in Russia”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
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"sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
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"sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
"word": "totalitarizm"
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"code": "be",
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"roman": "tatalitarýzm",
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
"word": "極權主義"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jíquánzhǔyì",
"sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
"word": "极权主义"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
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"roman": "quántǐzhǔyì",
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"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
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"code": "et",
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"sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
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"sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
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"code": "gl",
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"masculine"
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ṭoṭaliṭarizmi",
"sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
"word": "ტოტალიტარიზმი"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "Totalitarismus"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "oloklirotismós",
"sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "ολοκληρωτισμός"
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "totalitarízm",
"sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "טוֹטָלִיטָרִיזְם"
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"code": "hi",
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"roman": "sarvasattāvād",
"sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
"word": "totalitarizmus"
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"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
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"word": "alræði"
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"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
"tags": [
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"word": "alræðisstefna"
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{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
"word": "totaliterisme"
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "ollsmachtachas"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "totalitarismo"
},
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"alt": "ぜんたいしゅぎ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "zentaishugi",
"sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
"word": "全体主義"
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"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "totalitarizm",
"sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
"word": "тоталитаризм"
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{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "saʼmaataʼniyum",
"sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
"word": "សមស្តនិយម"
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"code": "km",
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"roman": "phdac kaa niyum",
"sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
"word": "ផ្តាច់ការនិយម"
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"alt": "全體主義",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jeonchejuui",
"sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
"word": "전체주의"
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"code": "kmr",
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"sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
"word": "totalîtarîzm"
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"code": "ky",
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"roman": "totalitarizm",
"sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
"word": "тоталитаризм"
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"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "totalitārisms"
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"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
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"word": "totalitarizmas"
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"code": "mk",
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"masculine"
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"word": "тоталитари́зам"
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{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
"word": "totalitarianisme"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
"word": "angangarengaretanga"
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{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
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"masculine"
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"word": "totalitarisme"
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{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "tamâmit-xâhi",
"sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
"word": "تمامیتخواهی"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "totâlitârisem",
"sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
"word": "توتالیتاریسم"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "totalitaryzm"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "totalizm"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "totalitarismo"
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
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"neuter"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "totalitarízm",
"sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
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"masculine"
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"word": "тоталитари́зм"
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
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"word": "тоталитарѝзам"
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
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"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
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"masculine"
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"word": "totalitarizmus"
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"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "totalitarizem"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
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"word": "totalitarismo"
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{
"code": "sv",
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{
"code": "tl",
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"sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
"word": "totalitarismo"
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{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "totalitarizm",
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"word": "тоталитаризм"
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{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "rá-bòp-rûuap-am-nâat-bèt-sèt",
"sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
"word": "ระบบรวบอำนาจเบ็ดเสร็จ"
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"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "lát-tí-pà-dèt-gaan",
"sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
"word": "ลัทธิเผด็จการ"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
"word": "bütüncüllük"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
"word": "totaliterlik"
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"lang": "Turkish",
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"code": "uk",
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"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
"word": "totalitarizm"
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{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
"word": "chủ nghĩa toàn trị"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
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