El estado totalitario
Example: El estado totalitario controlaba todos los aspectos de la vida diaria.
Definition
"El estado totalitario" refers to a political system where the government holds absolute control over all aspects of public and private life, often through coercive means. It typically suppresses dissent and individual freedoms to maintain centralized authority.
Etymology
The term "el estado totalitario" combines 'estado', meaning state or government, with 'totalitario', derived from 'totalitarian', which has roots in the Italian word 'totalitario' from the Latin 'totalis', meaning total or complete. This term gained prominence in the 20th century to describe regimes with total control.
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"El estado totalitario" appears in the Vocaplus list "Spanish - History - (B2) - set 1", containing 210 commonly used words.
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