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A system of government in which the people have virtually no authority and the state wields absolute control, for example, a dictatorship.See Also: totalism, totalistic, totalist
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totalitarianism — totalitarian ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (of government) centralized, dictatorial, and requiring complete subservience to the state. ► NOUN ▪ a person advocating such a system. DERIVATIVES totalitarianism noun … English terms dictionary
totalitarianism — noun Date: 1926 1. centralized control by an autocratic authority 2. the political concept that the citizen should be totally subject to an absolute state authority … New Collegiate Dictionary
