totalitarianism Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
    tyranny; absolutism; dictatorship; monocracy; Stalinism; shogunate; authoritarianism; despotism; one-man rule; Caesarism.
  2. noun the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government
    absolutism; totalism.

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