Definition of Totalitarianism in English :

Define Totalitarianism in English

Totalitarianism meaning in English

Meaning of Totalitarianism in English

Pronunciation of Totalitarianism in English

Totalitarianism pronunciation in English

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Totalitarianism

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Noun

1. absolutism, authoritarianism, caesarism, despotism, dictatorship, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny

a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

2. absolutism, totalism, totalitarianism

the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Totalitarianism

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adj.
Of, relating to, being, or imposing a form of government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control over all aspects of life, the individual is subordinated to the state, and opposing political and cultural expression is suppressed: "A totalitarian regime crushes all autonomous institutions in its drive to seize the human soul" (Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.)
n.
A practitioner or supporter of such a government.

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