| Term | Definition |
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| Fable | a short tale to teach a moral lessen, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters |
| Allegory | symbolic fictional narrative that conveys a secondary meaning not explicitly set forth in the literal narrative; a story in which objects, characters, and actions represent other things |
| Totalitarian | of or pertaining to a centralized government that does not tolerate parties of differing opinion and that exercises dictatorial control over many aspects of life |
| Autocratic | tyrannical; pertaining to autocracy, a government in which one person possesses unlimited power |
| Communism | 1. a theoretical economic system characterized bu the collective ownership of property and by the organization of labor for the common advantage of all members 2. a. 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. b. the Marxist-Leninist version of Communist doctrine that advocates the overthrow of capitalism by the revolution of proletariat (worker class) |
| Communist Manifesto | a pamphlet (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels: first statement of the principles of modern communism |
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