Key Terminology HMT Flashcards
1
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Totalitarianism
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a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.
2
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Theocracy
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a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god
3
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Dystopia
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an imagined state or society in which there is great suffering or injustice, typically one that is totalitarian or post-apocalyptic.
4
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Palimpset
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a manuscript or piece of writing material on which later writing has been superimposed on effaced earlier writing
5
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Martyr
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Someone who is willing to suffer for a cause or belief
6
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taboo
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Forbidden
