Big Brother

noun

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Recent Examples of Big Brother Big Brother fans were treated to not one but three appearances by former CBS reality stars in the season premiere July 9, but one made an unexpected exit by falling into an erupting volcano. — Lynette Rice, Deadline, 11 July 2026 Dee Valladares joins Rick Devens as the second Survivor 50 player to join the Big Brother season 28 cast. — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 11 July 2026 That means fans who don't subscribe to Paramount+ or Pluto TV will still be able to catch a glimpse of the houseguests' unfiltered gameplay after the weekly aftershow on Big Brother’s YouTube channel. — Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026 Big Brother Season 28 Cast See the full season 28 cast list here, which includes RuPaul’s Drag Race alum Jason De Puy, better known as Salina EsTitties. — Erin Lassner, HollywoodReporter, 9 July 2026 The new batch of episodes will also have a fresh theme, which Chen Moonves teased as channeling iconic moments from Big Brother history and time-bending twists that would directly impact the game. — Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Big Brother
  1. Big Brotherism
  2. totalitarian
  3. fascism
  4. authoritarian
  5. Nazism
  6. potentate
  7. tyranny
  8. autocrat
Noun
  • Weaponizing social media and other U.S. businesses to do what the Constitution would not allow government to do is Big Brotherism.
    — WSJ, WSJ, 31 Mar. 2021
Definition of Big Brotherism
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
  • Voters have already handed a good chunk of democracy itself over to nationalist, religious and ideological fascism.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026
  • The Soviet experience, on top of the rise of fascism, reminded my generation rather forcibly that man was, indeed, imperfect, and that the corruptions of power could unleash great evil in the world.
    — David Brooks, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
Definition of fascism
Noun
  • Yet this year so far has been a dicey one for the Russian authoritarian.
    — Daniel DePetris, Mercury News, 23 May 2026
  • Yet this year so far has been a dicey one for the Russian authoritarian.
    — Daniel DePetris, Twin Cities, 15 May 2026
Definition of authoritarian
Noun
  • Still, some historians object to reincarnating a place so central to Nazism as a cultural venue for pleasure.
    — Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Threat of communism, along with awful economic misery, spawned fascism and Nazism, and World War II.
    — Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 22 July 2025
Definition of Nazism
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
  • With 775 rooms, the palace also provides office space for the royal bureaucracy and hosts lavish state dinners for visiting presidents and potentates.
    — Danica Kirka, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2026
Definition of potentate
Noun
  • In its vision of a desolate America ruled by tyranny and militia, the United States becomes, in the eyes of those who live in its pre-industrial ruins, an idealized symbol of better times.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 3 July 2026
  • Reading words in legal texts divorced from fundamental moral values will not save us from tyranny.
    — Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 2 July 2026
Definition of tyranny
Noun
  • Typically reserved for autocrats and crime bosses, sanctions can be devastating.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 July 2026
  • Trump will also meet with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, a former insurgent who led the offensive that unseated autocrat Bashar Assad in December 2024.
    — Seung Min Kim, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2026
Definition of autocrat

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