totalitarian

Example Sentences

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In the play, the totalitarian city-state pushes the elders out of existence, and she, along with her memories of L.A., are at risk of disappearing.

From Los Angeles Times

Sounds like we’re discussing an Olympic sport rather than determining whether the future belongs to free nations or totalitarian dictatorships.

From Washington Times

His ninth-grade civics teacher, Mrs. Ellison, who had flunked his mom and ran her class like a totalitarian despot, also taught him the value of freedom of speech, he said.

From Los Angeles Times

Borne Sulinowo, he believes, needs to survive as a “unique place built by the two most brutal totalitarian systems of the last century” — and as a reminder of where such systems lead.

From New York Times

Nobody argues that China is a totalitarian country.

From Washington Post