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English noun: totalitarianism

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


Synonymsabsolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, dictatorship, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, tyranny


Broader (hypernym)autarchy, autocracy


Narrower (hyponym)police state

2. totalitarianism (cognition) the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government


Synonymsabsolutism, totalism


Broader (hypernym)ideology, political orientation, political theory









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