Totalstaat

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German

Etymology

total +‎ Staat

Noun

Totalstaat m (mixed, genitive Totalstaates or Totalstaats, plural Totalstaaten)

  1. total state
    • 1948, Gerhard Ritter, Europa und die deutsche Frage , Münchner Verlag, page 43:
      Mit der Umwandlung des alten Obrigkeitsstaates zum demokratischen Volksstaat und mit der Verdrängung der Kirchen aus dem Mittelpunkt des Lebens war grundsätzlich der Weg zum modernen Totalstaat eröffnet.
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