#total
- Absolute — 1. Adjective and adverb expressing something complete, perfect, total, independent of anything else, and suffering no limitation or condition. 2. Neuter noun (capitalized: the Absolute): a fundamental metaphysical concept denoting the ultimate, perfect, unconditioned, and infinite reality, the divinity, or the ultimate foundation of existence. In ethics, the term defines immutable moral values (such as Good or Truth) that remain valid regardless of historical or cultural contexts.
- Abuladze — The surname of Georgian film director Tengiz Abuladze, a legendary figure of Soviet and world cinema, renowned for his poetic, deeply allegorical style that criticized totalitarianism. His masterpiece, the movie 'Repentance' (Monanieba, 1984), became a symbolic work of the Glasnost era, being one of the first cinematic productions to courageously and surrealiatically expose the horrors of Stalinist repressions and the absurdity of the cult of personality.
- Achromatopsic person — A person affected by achromatopsia, suffering from a total visual anomaly characterized by the congenital or acquired inability to distinguish colors, perceiving the environment exclusively in shades of white, black, and gray. As an adjective, the term describes an individual, an eye, or a visual system exhibiting this severe and rare form of total color blindness.
- Achromatopsic — Suffering from achromatopsia; characterized by the total inability to perceive and distinguish the colors of the visible spectrum, with the world being perceived exclusively in shades of gray, white, and black. As a noun, it designates a male individual diagnosed with this rare congenital condition, caused by a severe structural dysfunction of the cone photoreceptor cells in the retina.
- Achromatopsic female — The feminine form of the word 'acromatopsic'; it describes a female individual, an anatomical structure, or a clinical manifestation characterized by the loss or complete absence of color sensitivity. In a genetic context, identifying an achromatopsic woman usually indicates an autosomal recessive transmission of mutant CNGA3 or CNGB3 genes.
- Achromatopsia — A congenital or acquired ophthalmological condition, genetic or neurological in nature, characterized by the total inability to perceive the colors of the visible spectrum. The affected subject distinguishes only shades of white, black, and gray (monochromatic vision), a state often accompanied by reduced visual acuity, extreme sensitivity to light (photophobia), and involuntary eye movements (nystagmus).
- Alpha and Omega — A metaphorical expression of biblical origin, extracted from the Book of Revelation, combining the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet to symbolize divinity, eternity, Omnipotence, and the totality of existence. In a secular or broader sense, the phrase is used to describe the fundamental principle, the absolute essence, the beginning and the end, or the totality of knowledge and defining elements within a specific field.
- Anacusis — Total, complete, and permanent loss of hearing in one or both ears, structurally caused by profound damage to the cochlea, the auditory nerve, or the cortical nerve centers in the temporal lobe. This clinical phenomenon differs from hypoacusis by the absolute absence of any functional residual hearing, depriving the patient of sound wave perception and requiring complex neuro-sensory rehabilitation strategies or cochlear implantation.
- Annihilation — The action of annihilating or the result thereof; total destruction, complete annihilation, reduction to nothingness. As a structural concept in deep psychology and existential philosophy, it represents the conscious or unconscious process of ego dissolution.
- Annihilation — The act of annihilating and its result; complete destruction, total obliteration, or the reduction of an entity, force, or structure to a state of zero or non-existence. In elementary particle physics, it represents the process of total conversion of the mass of a particle-antiparticle pair into pure energy (high-energy photons) upon their collision, adhering to the laws of conservation of energy and momentum.
- Anticommunism — An ideological current, political attitude, or social movement opposing communism, Marxism-Leninism, left-wing totalitarian regimes, and state-planned economies. This global historical phenomenon brought together civic movements, democratic parties, underground armed resistances (such as the one in the Romanian mountains), and international security alliances during the Cold War, advocating for democracy, individual freedom, and private property.
- Anti-democrat — A person who opposes democracy, democratic principles, or civil liberties; a supporter of an authoritarian or totalitarian regime. As an adjective, it describes an action, ideology, law, or structural behavior that undermines the rule of law, political pluralism, equality before the law, and fundamental human rights.
- Anti-democrat — The feminine singular form of the word 'antidemocrat'; it characterizes a female person, an action, law, measure, or ideology that opposes democratic principles, political pluralism, and civil liberties. It denotes a structural manifestation tending toward authoritarianism or totalitarianism, undermining the rule of law.
- Anti-democracy — A state, organizational system, political regime, or social climate that represents the opposite of democracy; the total absence of democratic liberties, human rights, and political pluralism. In a conceptual sense, the term describes a structural reality governed by dictatorship, censorship, repression, and absolute control by a single non-elected authority.
- Anti-democratism — An attitude, political current, doctrine, or ideological orientation opposed to democracy and its fundamental principles; a rejection of political pluralism, the rule of law, and individual liberties. This structural phenomenon manifests through the justification or promotion of authoritarian regimes, totalitarianism, and the oppressive centralization of state power.
- Antifascism — An ideological current, political movement, or civic stance grounded in radical opposition to fascism, nazism, and any form of far-right totalitarianism. It manifests through the defense of democratic values, pluralism, and fundamental liberties, with a history marked by 20th-century resistance movements and modern efforts to combat hate speech.
- Anti-fascist — The feminine form of the adjective 'antifascist' or a noun designating a woman, an alliance, or a political organization actively involved in combating fascism and far-right totalitarianism. Historically, it describes partisan movements or leagues defending civil liberties.
- Anti-totalitarian — Opposing totalitarianism, dictatorship, autocratic political regimes, or any form of absolute and oppressive exercise of state power. It applies to social movements, ideological manifestos, dissidents, or literary and philosophical works that defend civil liberties, pluralistic democracy, and fundamental human rights against the total control exerted by a single party or a dictator.
- Anti-totalitarianism — A political doctrine, ideological attitude, or philosophical stance based on the radical rejection of totalitarianism, fascism, state communism, and any form of coercive governmental totality. It represents a conceptual framework that unites various democratic orientations, sharing as a common denominator the defense of the rule of law, the independence of the judiciary, ideological pluralism, and the protection of the individual against the absolute interference of the state apparatus.
- Anti-totalitarian — A person who opposes totalitarianism and dictatorships, actively or theoretically advocating for democracy, individual freedom, and human rights; as an adjective, it describes the profile, discourse, or actions of an individual engaged in combating oppressive state structures and totalitarian ideologies.