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Animal Farm novel
Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| communism | A system of government in which the state plans and controls the economy and a single, often authoritarian party holds power, claiming to make progress toward a higher social order in which all goods are equally shared by the people. |
| Capitalism | In such a system, individuals and firms have the right to own and use wealth to earn income and to sell and purchase labor for wages with little or no government control. |
| Dictator | a person exercising absolute power, esp. a ruler who has absolute, unrestricted control in a government |
| totalitarianism | a form of government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control over all aspects of life, the individual is subordinated to the state, and opposing political and cultural expression is suppressed |
| utopia | An ideally perfect place, especially in its social, political, and moral aspects. |
| Propaganda | Official government communications to the public that are designed to influence opinion. The information may be true or false, but it is always carefully selected for its political effect. |
| Bolshevik | A member of a Marxist-Leninist party or a supporter of one; a Communist. ((loosely) a member of any Communist party.) |
| Czar | A person having great power - an emperor or king |
| Allegory | to speak so as to imply something other - A symbolic representation |
| irony | The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning |
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