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totalitarianism |
imposing a form of government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralizedcontrol over all aspects of life, the individual is subordinated to the state, and opposing political and cultural expression is suppressed www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/totalitarianism http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/totalitarian http://www.history-ontheweb.co.uk/concepts/totalitarianism.htm |
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War |
a state or period of fighting between countries or groups www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/war http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/war http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/war |
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Guerrilla |
A member of a small independent group taking part in irregular fighting, typically against largerregular forces: www.wordreference.com/definicion/guerrilla www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guerrilla
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Holocaust |
the mass slaughter of European civilians and especially Jews by the Nazis during World War II http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/holocaust http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/holocaust holocaust |
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Genocide |
particularly shocking and horrific crime of violence which it was then believed could never happen again. That it has been put into practice so many times in one century is even more shocking. http://www.ppu.org.uk/genocide/g_genocide_intro.html www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/genocide http://www.ushmm.org/confront-genocide/defining-genocide |
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Dirty war |
a war conducted by the military or secret police of a regime againstrevolutionary and terrorist insurgents and marked by the regime's useof kidnapping, torture, and murder, with members of the civilianpopulation often the victims. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/dirty+war www.collinsdictionary.com http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/argentina.htm |
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Revolution |
the usually violent attempt by many people to end the rule of one government and start a new one http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/revolution http://dictionary.cambridge.org |
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Dictatorship |
rule by a dictator : rule, control, or leadership by one person with total power https://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Dictatorship.html http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dictatorship |
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Communism |
A theory or system of social organization in which all property is owned by the community and each person contributes and receives according to their ability and needs. http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/communism.html http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/communism http://dictionary.cambridge.org/es/diccionario/britanico/communism |
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Cold War |
The Cold War is the name given to the relationship that developed primarily between the USA and the USSRafter World War Two. The Cold War was to dominate international affairs for decades and many major crises occurred - the Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam, Hungary and the Berlin Wall being just some. For many, the growth in weapons of mass destruction was the most worrying issue. http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/what%20was%20the%20cold%20war.htm dictionary.reference.com/browse/cold+war |
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Society |
people in general thought of as living together in organized communities with shared laws, traditions, and values http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/society http://www.thefreedictionary.com/society http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/society |
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Civil Society |
the elements such as freedom of speech, an independent judiciary,etc, that make up a democratic society http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/civil+society http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/civil-society http://pages.uoregon.edu/kimball/cvc.pbl.htm |