totalitarians

plural of totalitarian

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for totalitarians
Noun
  • If not, aggressive autocrats around the world could learn that violating the sovereignty of weaker neighbors pays off.
    Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
  • And the courts, one of our best places to fight these autocrats, could quickly run out of money.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
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
Noun
  • The Arab Spring movement in the 2010s didn't prevent the reemergence of dictators in the Middle East and North Africa.
    Michael Kugelman, NPR, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Shih, the expert on Chinese elite politics, said many dictators, from former Soviet leader Joseph Stalin to Mao, have eventually turned against their own proteges.
    Nectar Gan, CNN, 15 Dec. 2024
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“Totalitarians.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/totalitarians. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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