TOTALITARIANISM
Dictionary entry overview: What does totalitarianism mean?
• TOTALITARIANISM (noun)
The noun TOTALITARIANISM has 2 senses:
1. a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
2. the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government
Familiarity information: TOTALITARIANISM used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TOTALITARIANISM (noun)
Meaning:
A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
totalitarianism; Stalinism; shogunate; one-man rule; monocracy; dictatorship; Caesarism; authoritarianism; tyranny; despotism; absolutism
Hypernyms ("totalitarianism" is a kind of...):
autarchy; autocracy (a political system governed by a single individual)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "totalitarianism"):
police state (a country that maintains repressive control over the people by means of police (especially secret police))
Meaning:
The principle of complete and unrestricted power in government
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
totalism; totalitarianism; absolutism
Hypernyms ("totalitarianism" is a kind of...):
ideology; political orientation; political theory (an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation)
