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totalitarianism
noun to·tal·i·tar·i·an·ism \(ˌ)tō-ˌta-lə-ˈter-ē-ə-ˌni-zəm\
Definition of TOTALITARIANISM
1
: centralized control by an autocratic authority
2
: the political concept that the citizen should be totally subject to an absolute state authority
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First Known Use of TOTALITARIANISM
1926
Related to TOTALITARIANISM
- Synonyms
- absolutism, autarchy, authoritarianism, autocracy, Caesarism, czarism (also tsarism or tzarism), dictatorship, totalism, despotism, tyranny
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