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PRONUNCIATION OF TOTALISM

totalism  [ˈtəʊtəˌlɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TOTALISM

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Totalism is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TOTALISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Totalism

In music, totalism is a term for a style of art music that arose in the 1980s and 1990s as a developing response to minimalism—parallel to postminimalism, but generally among a slightly younger generation, born in the 1950s. In the early 1980s, many young composers began writing music within the static confines of minimalism, but using greater rhythmic complexity, often with two or more tempos audible at once. The style acquired a name around 1990, when it became evident to composers working in New York City that a number of them—John Luther Adams, Glenn Branca, Rhys Chatham, Kyle Gann, Michael Gordon, Arthur Jarvinen, Diana Meckley, Ben Neill, Larry Polansky, Mikel Rouse, Evan Ziporyn, among others—were employing similar types of global tempo structures in their music. The term totalist refers to the aims of the music, in trying to have enough surface rhythmic energy, but also to contain enough background complexity. There is also an echo in the term of serialism's "total organization," here drawn not from the 12-tone row, but from Henry Cowell's theories about using the same structuring devices for rhythm that have been traditionally used for pitch.

Definition of totalism in the English dictionary

The definition of totalism in the dictionary is the practice of a dictatorial one party state that regulates every form of life. Other definition of totalism is a musical style that arose in the 1980s and 1990s and which is more rhythmically complex than the style of minimalism.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TOTALISM


brutalism
ˈbruːtəˌlɪzəm
capitalism
ˈkæpɪtəˌlɪzəm
colonialism
kəˈləʊnɪəˌlɪzəm
formalism
ˈfɔːməˌlɪzəm
imperialism
ɪmˈpɪərɪəˌlɪzəm
journalism
ˈdʒɜːnəˌlɪzəm
liberalism
ˈlɪbərəˌlɪzəm
literalism
ˈlɪtərəˌlɪzəm
materialism
məˈtɪərɪəˌlɪzəm
metabolism
mɪˈtæbəˌlɪzəm
minimalism
ˈmɪnɪməˌlɪzəm
nationalism
ˈnæʃənəˌlɪzəm
Orientalism
ˌɔːrɪˈɛntəˌlɪzəm
photojournalism
ˌfəʊtəʊˈdʒɜːnəˌlɪzəm
professionalism
prəˈfɛʃənəˌlɪzəm
realism
ˈrɪəˌlɪzəm
socialism
ˈsəʊʃəˌlɪzəm
surrealism
səˈrɪəˌlɪzəm
symbolism
ˈsɪmbəˌlɪzəm
vandalism
ˈvændəˌlɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TOTALISM

total quality management
total recall
total serialism
total serialization
totalisation
totalisator
totalise
totaliser
totalist
totalistic
totalitarian
totalitarianise
totalitarianism
totalitarianize
totalities
totality
totalization
totalizator
totalize
totalizer

WORDS THAT END LIKE TOTALISM

alcoholism
cannibalism
citizen journalism
communalism
environmentalism
factionalism
federalism
fundamentalism
idealism
individualism
industrialism
initialism
intellectualism
multiculturalism
multilateralism
mutualism
pastoralism
photorealism
pluralism
spiritualism
traditionalism

Synonyms and antonyms of totalism in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «totalism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TOTALISM

Find out the translation of totalism to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of totalism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «totalism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

极权主义
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

totalism
570 millions of speakers

English

totalism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

totalism
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

totalism
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тоталитаризм
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

totalitarismo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

totalism
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

totalisme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Totalisme
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Totalitarismus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

全体主義
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

totalism
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Totalisme
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

totalism
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

totalism
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एकूणपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

totalism
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

totalismo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

totalism
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

тоталітаризм
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

totalism
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

totalism
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

totalism
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

totalism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

totalism
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of totalism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TOTALISM»

The term «totalism» is used very little and occupies the 164.788 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TOTALISM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about totalism

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TOTALISM»

Discover the use of totalism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to totalism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism: A Study of ...
Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism: A Study of 'brainwashing' in China
Robert Jay Lifton, 1989
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Both Sides: or, Objections to Tee-Totalism. With a few words ...
no such compositions as those fermented and spirituous liquors." _ “ The use of intoxicating liquors at meals,” remarks the celebrated CULLEN, “ gives rise to gout, apoplexy, dyspepsia, liver diseases, etc.” “My own experience,” says Dr. C. A. ...
‎1853
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Understanding Fundamentalism: Christian, Islamic, and Jewish ...
Activism. and. Totalism. The Quran states, "Never will God change the condition of a people until they change it themselves" (13:11).1 This quotation illustrates that fundamentalists are not against change; rather, they seek to change the world ...
Richard T. Antoun, 2001
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Freedom and Value: Freedom’s Influence on Welfare and ...
For purposes of appreciating the force of Parfit's objection to totalism, it will be helpful to begin by showing that the simple theory (SIAH) falls prey to the problem of the Repugnant Conclusion. Parfit summarizes the problem in the following way : ...
Ishtiyaque Haji, 2008
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Child Versus Childmaker: Future Persons and Present Duties ...
3.11.3 The Difference between Personalism and Totalism In their handling of the various sorts of cases we have discussed, personalism and totalism emerge as subtly but significantly distinct views. The alleged problem for personalism is that  ...
Melinda A. Roberts, 1998
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The Repugnant Conclusion: Essays on Population Ethics
In view of the fact that we have already agreed that that implication is repugnant, we must also agree that PBC does a better job with this particular case than totalism does. PBC, just like totalism, requires that we take into account all alternative ...
Jesper Ryberg, Torbjörn Tännsjö, 2004
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Abortion and the Moral Significance of Merely Possible ...
4.5.1 Hare's approach coincides with the “classical utility principle” – that is, Totalism. According to Totalism, agents are obligated to make the choice that maximizes wellbeing on an aggregate basis. If leaving a merely possible person out of ...
Melinda A. Roberts, 2010
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Millennial Violence: Past, Present, and Future
10. Cult. and. Anticult. Totalism: Reciprocal. Escalation. and. Violence. DICK ANTHONY, THOMAS ROBBINS and STEVEN BARRIE-ANTHONY Introduction Millenarian movements have been involved in a number of recent episodes of ...
Jeffrey Kaplan, 2002
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Gödel, Putnam, and Functionalism
If this argument were a statistical generalization, it would be open to the charge that environment totalism is secured at the expense of assuming that any rational -interpretation2 algorithm must be prepared to encounter alien cultures inhabiting  ...
Buechner
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Violence and New Religious Movements
The personal relationship between the two psychoanalysts probably made Lifton's use of Erikson's totalism concept more congruent with Erikson's own treatment of it. Erikson apparently served as a sort of professional role model for the ...
James R. Lewis, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TOTALISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term totalism is used in the context of the following news items.
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Working mums make 'having it all' seem hardly worth the bother
Some of it may perhaps be explained by immigration from more conservative cultures (certainly a factor in Britain's increasing tee-totalism). Some may be a ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
Walter Brueggemann at Faith & Culture Conference 2015 – Lecture …
Totalism: totally contained socio economic political educational social system outside of which there is nothing imaginable, thinkable, sayable, doable… that's ... «Patheos, Apr 15»
3
The Musical 'The Demo' at Stanford Recreates the Dawn of the …
Both musicians have been identified with a musical style known as “totalism,” which they pioneered in the 1980s and 1990s as part of a reaction to Minimalism. «New York Times, Mar 15»
4
Diane Benscoter: Fighting Extremist Infection
They read aloud from a book on brainwashing in Chinese prison camps, which described “totalism” — ideologies that are sweeping and ambitious in their ... «OZY, Jul 14»
5
Palmy Days for Jerry
“There's a tendency to totalism, total information, and once you have total information you're making it easier for total control,” he said. He also finds Tea Party ... «New York Times, Mar 14»
6
Michael Wollny Trio: Weltentraum – review
Wollny quotes "tonality and atonality; fragility and force, melodic purity, romantic totalism, endless melodies, dark abysses, angels, dream logic, light darkness, ... «The Guardian, Feb 14»
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Thanks to Larry Lessig, Kurt Bollacker and Jaron Lanier
His book is a passionate call to fight against "cybernetic totalism" and the economic power of "lord aggregators" of the web--I love that term--whose driving ... «Huffington Post, Oct 13»
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På väg mot cybernetisk totalism
Jaron Lanier hör till en inre krets av tidiga it-visionärer i Silicon Valley som utgör vår tids digitala dissidenter och är ett slags rebell mot nätrebellerna. Han oroar ... «Svenska Dagbladet, May 13»
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Information wants to be free, but the world isn't ready
In “Half A Manifesto,” published in Wired (2000), Lanier struck out against what he saw as a cybernetic totalism wherein some techno enthusiasts were laboring ... «The Verge, Jan 13»
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The Duggars Aren't Just a Family, They're a Cult
... a destructive cult, outlined by psychiatrist Robert Jay Lifton identifies in his seminal book on mind control, Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism. «Jezebel, Sep 12»

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