Totalitarianism - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Totalitarianism :  (noun)
1: a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) [syn: dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, tyranny]
2: the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government [syn: absolutism, totalism]

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