of, pertaining to, or advocating complete obedience or subjugation to authority, especially political authority, without concern for individual rights

The European monarchs had been authoritarian rulers for centuries.

the study of or belief in the genetic improvement of the human race through control of breeding

Eugenics is a dangerous philosophy because it leads to extreme discrimination and cruelty, like in the Holocaust.

a system of government characterized by strong, often dictatorial control of political and economic affairs, and often by warlike nationalism and brutal suppression of political dissidents and ethnic minorities

The Nazi's wanted to spread fascism and rule the world.

the intentional attempt to exterminate all members of a certain race, nationality, or ethnic group

In Rwanda, there was a mass genocide against a minority group.

the decade of the 1930s in the United States and other countries, characterized by the extreme economic hardship; the Depression

The Great Depression was a time of bankruptcy and hardships for the citizens of many countries trying to recover from the war.

the idea that citizens of a country are part of something bigger than themselves and that they are loyal to a set of national ideals and practices

A wave of nationalism swept the country after its citizens were attacked.

designating a system of government in which power and authority are highly centralized and intrusive into the lives of private citizens, and in which neither opposing parties nor individual differences in opinion are allowed

A totalitarian government was established under the dictator.