Question 1

What is the etymology of thr French word "totalitaire"?

Accepted Answer

from the French 'totalité' with the suffix '-aire'. First half of the 20th century. History has given this adjective a strong political connotation evoking Fascist, Nazi or Soviet regimes: the Mussolinian 'stato totalitario' is taken up again in 1932 by the German jurist Carl Schmitt before the 'Union with the Long Name', an assembly of German industrialists, who, convinced that the 'total state' (der totale staat) opens the best prospects for them, will convince Hindenburg to entrust power to Hitler.

Question 2

What does "totalitaire" mean in French?

Accepted Answer

Qualifies any system of thought organized around the absolute power of the State. Qualifies a religion or a political ideology that claims to embrace the totality of social life and govern the lives of people in the name of the truth it holds.
Which operates on the mode of the single party monopolizing all powers, submitting all activities of society and individuals to the authority of the State, any organized or personal opposition being prohibited.
Qualifies an authoritarian, dictatorial and contemptuous method, way of proceeding, by reference to the Soviet and National Socialist regimes, and their conception of culture.

Question 3

What is the plural of the French word "totalitaire"?

Accepted Answer

totalitaires

totalitaire

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