Big Brother

noun

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Recent Examples of Big Brother The globe-spanning group with 130 production companies across 25 countries boasts a content catalog that includes The Traitors, Big Brother, MasterChef, Peaky Blinders and Midsomer Murders. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026 These are the people who sent Alison Hammond home from Big Brother in week two. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026 Alison Hammond joined the This Morning team in 2003 after originally rising to fame on Big Brother in 2002. — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2026 How does this deep, deep run on Big Brother make up for not making it onto Wonka’s The Golden Ticket? — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2026 Kreiz went on to lead Endemol, the Dutch producer behind reality-TV hits including Big Brother, and later moved into venture capital. — Preston Fore, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026 Kirby said in a December 2025 interview with TV Insider that part of his success was going into the Big Brother house with very little tying him down in the outside world. — Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Big Brother
  1. fascism
  2. totalitarian
  3. Nazism
  4. authoritarian
  5. tyranny
  6. potentate
  7. dictatorship
  8. autocrat
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  • Through the character of Señorita Rio, Renée was able to combat fascism and showcase fabulous fashion.
    — Gaby Iori October 7, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Many immigrants who arrived in the United States from Europe, including some Italians who came during the two years between Mussolini’s March on Rome and the passage of the Immigration Act of 1924, left Italy because of the rise of fascism.
    — Ed Simon, JSTOR Daily, 7 Oct. 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
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  • 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
  • This was demonstrated in Hungary in April, when opposition leader Péter Magyar convincingly won an election against a long-ruling, right-wing authoritarian.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of authoritarian
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  • But, as Roy points out, finding love with Ellen actually gives Brian the strength to stand up to Lovat’s tyranny rather than bow to it.
    — Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Lawmakers from Fidesz and its coalition party, the Christian Democrats, did not take part in Monday’s vote, calling the charges against their lawmakers political tyranny by Magyar’s government.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of tyranny
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  • The main drama involves a rural teen-age tee girl who recognizes the resort’s president as the potentate who evicted her family from their land.
    — Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of potentate
Noun
  • Several of Flávio Bolsonaro’s proposals also warrant close scrutiny, including his pledge to rewrite Brazil’s 1988 Constitution, which marked the end of military dictatorship and the restoration of democracy in the country.
    — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026
  • In 1981, with the end of the civil-military dictatorship on the near horizon, Piero planned his return to Argentina, stopping in Uruguay first.
    — Humphrey Inzillo, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of dictatorship
Noun
  • These innovations may reduce the number of bureaucrats autocrats need.
    — Seva Gunitsky, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2026
  • In other countries that have recently experienced democratic backsliding, such as Turkey and Hungary, installing loyalists in the judiciary and in government agencies has played a key role in helping autocrats consolidate power.
    — Eyal Press, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of autocrat

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