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Definition of totalitarianism

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

Similar Words: absolutism, totalism, dictatorship, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, tyranny

Hyponyms: police state

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