Totalism

(previously known as "totalism"), class is still the central concern. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Having written a book about the Prophet, my immersion into Islam showed me, with regret, that their is a fine line between what the religious conservatives want, which is religious totalism, and what the Taliban delivered in Afghanistan, which is religious totalitarianism. ❋ Deepak Chopra (2011)

If there is a "cybernetic totalism" in Facebook, it lies in our own desire to make our own lives closed, self-regulating systems. ❋ Adam Elkus (2010)

Some critics of current movements in science and technology such as Jaron Lanier denounce the legacy of cybernetics as something that gave rise to "cybernetic totalism" -- a system of beliefs that views all of the processes of life as interactions of information. ❋ Adam Elkus (2010)

By seamlessly integrating face-to-face communication and electronic communication, society can avoid falling into the trap of “cybernetic totalism” foreseen by Jaron Lanier in his recent book You Are Not a Gadget. ❋ Michael Chorost (2011)

Robert Lifton, the distinguished psychologist and author of many books, including Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism: A Study of "Brainwashing" in China (1961), defined cults in a 1981 letter in the Harvard Mental Health Letter as an "aspect of a worldwide epidemic of ideological totalism, or fundamentalism." ❋ Unknown (2009)

Given its integral scope, this runs the danger of a totalism of unprecedented scale if an ideological construction takes priority over a praxis based on immanent becoming. ❋ Tusar N Mohapatra (2009)

This totalism becomes vulnerable to a totalitarianism without an unceasing insistence on the phenomenological practice of the alienness of the familiar. ❋ Tusar N Mohapatra (2009)

Traditional forms of consequentialism, including both the total form of consequentialism (“totalism”) and the average form of consequentialism (“averagism”), have the resources to explain how an act can be wrong while making things worse for no one. ❋ Roberts, Melinda (2009)

Dude: "Dude, check out [the body] on [that chick]!" Other Dude: "[Totals] hot!" ❋ Gtbarry (2008)

Dude: "Dude, check out [the body] on [that chick]!" Other Dude: "[Totals] hot!" ❋ Gtbarry (2008)

This guy in a [4x4] just pulled out of a side road and totalled my car, it looked as if it had been hit by a [snow plough]([plow]) ❋ Martin George (2004)

After [hitting the tree], the car was totaled. Well, maybe it could have been put on the road again, but the [insurance adjuster] wouldn't [authorize] the payment. ❋ Bob Lipton (2003)

You [coming] to my [party]? Like, totally! ❋ Anonymous (2003)

"Why [did you] total [my car], [you asshole]!?" ❋ Tom (2003)

Guy 1: [Hey there's] nothing to eat for breakfast Guy 2: There's cereal right here Guy 1: Oh that's total, I don't really like that Guy 2: [DON'T TALK] SHIT ABOUT TOTAL! ~[Tourette's guy] ❋ Martyre Gall (2007)

A '03 [BMW X3] that gets ripped in half by a [dumptruck] would be considered "totaled". An '87 Nova that has a cracked [windshield] would also be considered "totaled." ❋ Pigeon McNugget (2003)

Without: "Not only have I passed my graduation and earned a place at the most prestigious educational institution in the country, I also achieved the higest results in the entire class and have bettered the [school's] highest ever grade. I'm [extatic] about the result and wish to take you all for drinks on me" With: "I totally nailed my [grad]!! (~dude) Lets get fu##ing trashed!! (~dude)" ❋ Dj_djdk (2005)

ie... Random: I totally failed that [maths] test [Courtney]: Your [IQ] drops by at least 20 points everytime you say 'totally' ❋ Lii (2005)