totalitarians

noun

Definition of totalitariansnext
plural of totalitarian
as in authoritarians

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  1. autocrats
  2. tyrants
  3. dictators
Noun
  • Once shunned by his fellow Arab autocrats, Bashar al-Assad was gradually regaining the dubious respectability Arab regimes afford one another.
    Ben Wedeman, CNN, 30 Nov. 2024
  • Abortion bans can doom autocrats.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2024
Definition of autocrats
Noun
  • The Middle East is a region of tyrants, from Iran to Saudi Arabia.
    John Feffer, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The greatest of all tyrants thunders onto screen in this thrilling story of fossil discovery by three young boys.
    Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of tyrants
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  • But in the early decades of the country's modern history, dictators and military juntas enforced martial law to squash political rivals and pro-democracy movements, often citing unsubstantiated threats from North Korea as the reason.
    Anthony Kuhn, NPR, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Its indictments against incumbent dictators such as Russia’s Vladimir Putin have been laughed off.
    Eugene Kontorovich, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of dictators
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