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.) | 
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  | Synonyms | absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, dictatorship, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, tyranny | 
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  | Broader (hypernym) | autarchy, autocracy | 
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  | Narrower (hyponym) | police state | 
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| 2.  | totalitarianism (cognition) the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government | 
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  | Synonyms | absolutism, totalism | 
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  | Broader (hypernym) | ideology, political orientation, political theory | 
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