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totalizzante

English translation: overpowering

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Italian term or phrase:totalizzante
English translation:overpowering
Entered by: luskie

19:25 Mar 9, 2002
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary
Italian term or phrase: totalizzante
Warning: it does not mean totalitarian!

It's always the very original/extravagant book mixing art, history, sociology and more.

The sentence is "l'architettura (media e bassa) si libera dalla pretesa disciplinare-internazionalistadella modellistica totalizzante..."

Totalizzante serves to underline that models work against diversification. The term I neen should be similar to generalizzante, uniformante, che appiattisce...

For this book I have plenty of time...

Many thanks in advance to all the answerers!
luskie
Local time: 19:04
dominant, dominating
Explanation:
I had to contend with "totalizzante" while translating literary essays. In the evolutions of literary and social criticism, totalizzante has replaced dominante, but I find that in English "dominating" "overpowering" and "dominant" work well in your context and with the intended meaning.

paola l m
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CLS Lexi-tech
Local time: 13:04
Grading comment
Grazie Paola,
overpowering mi sembra l'unica alternativa al giro di parole!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2dominant, dominating
CLS Lexi-tech
4comprehensive, all-embracing
1964


  

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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
comprehensive, all-embracing


Explanation:
I just guess (May also soemtihgn like cumulative ?)

1964
Türkiye
Local time: 20:04
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
PRO pts in pair: 53
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
dominant, dominating


Explanation:
I had to contend with "totalizzante" while translating literary essays. In the evolutions of literary and social criticism, totalizzante has replaced dominante, but I find that in English "dominating" "overpowering" and "dominant" work well in your context and with the intended meaning.

paola l m


CLS Lexi-tech
Local time: 13:04
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in pair: 1505
Grading comment
Grazie Paola,
overpowering mi sembra l'unica alternativa al giro di parole!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alison kennedy (X): Ciao Paola!
8 hrs
agree  Maureen Young
22 hrs
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