Totalitarianism Terminology

2 words in this vocabulary list

noun a form of fascism that incorporates scientific racism and antisemitism

  • The rise of Nazism in Germany led to World War II and the Holocaust.
  • Nazism is basically the extreme form of fascism.
  • Some people still believe in the twisted ideology of Nazism.
  • The spread of hate speech online can be compared to the propaganda tactics used by Nazism.

noun a political theory advocating centralized control of economic and political matters under a dictatorship

  • Stalinism was the political and economic policies implemented by Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Union.
  • Some people still debate the impact of Stalinism on Russian society.
  • I heard that guy is really into Stalinism, like he's obsessed with it.
  • The strict rules and control in that company make it feel like a form of Stalinism.