World State

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World State is the futuristic, highly controlled global society depicted in Aldous Huxley’s dystopian novel "Brave New World," characterized by technological conditioning, rigid social stratification, and the suppression of individuality.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
World State canonical 10
World State society 3

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Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dystopian regime ⓘ
fictional society ⓘ
totalitarian government ⓘ
appearsIn Brave New World ⓘ
caste Alpha ⓘ
Beta ⓘ
Delta ⓘ
Epsilon ⓘ
Gamma ⓘ
centralDeitySymbol Henry Ford ⓘ
corePrinciple community ⓘ
happiness ⓘ
identity ⓘ
stability ⓘ
creator Aldous Huxley ⓘ
drugPurpose conflict avoidance ⓘ
emotional pacification ⓘ
economicSystem consumerist ⓘ
educationMethod conditioning ⓘ
hypnopaedia ⓘ
enforces conformity ⓘ
genetic stratification ⓘ
psychological conditioning from infancy ⓘ
firstPublicationContext Brave New World (1932 novel) ⓘ
linked to: Brave New World
geographicalScope global ⓘ
governingBody World Controllers ⓘ
headOfState Mustapha Mond ⓘ
highestCaste Alpha ⓘ
literaryGenreContext dystopian fiction ⓘ
lowestCaste Epsilon ⓘ
motto Community, Identity, Stability ⓘ
politicalSystem authoritarian ⓘ
technocracy ⓘ
populationControlMethod Bokanovsky Process ⓘ
Podsnap’s Technique ⓘ
artificial reproduction ⓘ
primaryDrug soma ⓘ
primaryGoal avoidance of pain and conflict ⓘ
promotes constant consumption ⓘ
hedonism ⓘ
sexual promiscuity ⓘ
socialStructure rigid caste system ⓘ
suppresses critical thinking ⓘ
family structures ⓘ
individuality ⓘ
intense emotions ⓘ
religion ⓘ
symbolReplaces Christian cross with the T-model ⓘ
timeSystem After Ford ⓘ
tolerates Savage Reservations ⓘ
usesTechnologyFor mass entertainment ⓘ
psychological conditioning ⓘ
reproductive control ⓘ
social control ⓘ
surveillance ⓘ
viewOnHistory History is bunk ⓘ

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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Brave New World → settingPlace → World State ⓘ
Bernard Marx → fictionalUniverse → World State ⓘ
Bernard Marx → isDiscontentedWith → World State society ⓘ
linked to: World State
Lenina Crowne → setting → World State ⓘ
John the Savage → associatedWith → World State ⓘ
Mustapha Mond → affiliation → World State ⓘ
Helmholtz Watson → fictionalUniverse → World State ⓘ
Linda → universe → World State ⓘ
World State caste system → partOf → World State society ⓘ
linked to: World State
Bokanovsky Process → usedBy → World State ⓘ
Bokanovsky Process → setting → World State society ⓘ
linked to: World State
Henry Foster → fictionalUniverse → World State ⓘ
Henry Foster → affiliation → World State ⓘ