Big Brother

noun

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as in Big Brotherism

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Recent Examples of Big Brother Big Brother competitions are a whole other animal than Survivor challenges. — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Aug. 2026 Banijay’s big shows include MasterChef, Big Brother and Peaky Blinders, while the merger means the likes of juggernaut format The Traitors and evergreen drama Midsomer Murders get added to the mix from the All3 side. — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2026 Fellow Challenge contestant and Big Brother player Paulie Calafiore, who appeared in Duckworth’s August post, penned a tribute on Instagram, resharing photos from the fan event. — Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2026 The Big Brother Instagram account also shared a video on Wednesday of houseguest Taylor Brown cleaning the communal showers. — Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Big Brother
  1. fascism
  2. totalitarian
  3. Nazism
  4. authoritarian
  5. tyranny
  6. potentate
  7. dictatorship
  8. autocrat
Noun
  • The city is most associated with two things, European high culture and the rise of fascism.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Following the pandemic and resurgence of fascism and brutal deceits, and picking up on the discussions of shame found in My 1980s Gayboy Playlist, Ashby has now focused on indignity and intolerance.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of fascism
Noun
  • But, ten years later, his embrace of near-totalitarian control bears the deep imprint of his most personal beliefs about force, weakness, faith, and order.
    — Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2022
  • Ridicule only appeals to cool kids on coasts and the college towns and totalitarians.
    — Letters to the Editor, Orange County Register, 17 Oct. 2020
Definition of totalitarian
Noun
  • President Roosevelt also led the United States through the Second World War, mobilizing the Nation after the attack on Pearl Harbor, and serving as Commander-in-Chief throughout the Allied effort to defeat Nazism and fascism.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 11 June 2026
  • The writing includes numerical codes and abbreviations that reference Nazism, as well as messages about past mass shootings.
    — Brynn Gingras, CNN Money, 19 May 2026
Definition of Nazism
Noun
  • And the solution is simply to replace the corrupt, racist authoritarian with a governing party that respects the rule of law, equality, and basic decency.
    — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Erdoğan has undoubtedly turned into a full-blooded authoritarian, cracking down on his opposition at home while waging dubious wars overseas.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 July 2026
Definition of authoritarian
Noun
  • Now, researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have thwarted that tyranny even more profoundly, by devising an ultra-fast way to steer light, using light itself as the steering wheel.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Aug. 2026
  • While Queen Romana projected the image of a supreme ruler who alternated between benevolence and tyranny, Didulo the person was all too human.
    — Zander Sherman, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of tyranny
Noun
  • With 775 rooms, the palace also provides office space for the royal bureaucracy and hosts lavish state dinners for visiting presidents and potentates.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 26 June 2026
  • The game is a playground for Russian oligarchs, Middle Eastern potentates, and Latin American strongmen—his people.
    — Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 7 Apr. 2026
Definition of potentate
Noun
  • This was a time of right wing dictatorships in some Latin American countries.
    — Chick Pritchard, Hartford Courant, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Democratic change culminated with the election in 1998 of President Kim Dae-jung, a heroic opponent of dictatorship.
    — Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of dictatorship
Noun
  • The regional order rested on American security guarantees not only to Arab states but also, critically, to the autocrats who sat atop them.
    — MARC LYNCH, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
  • But with April’s decisive popular vote against longtime autocrat Viktor Orbán, Hungary now signals hope for democratic renewal and recovery.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 22 July 2026
Definition of autocrat

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