totalitarianism
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1. the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government (noun.cognition)
2. a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) (noun.group)
| hypernym | : | autarchy, autocracy, |
| definition | : | a political system governed by a single individual (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | police state, |
| definition | : | a country that maintains repressive control over the people by means of police (especially secret police) (noun.group) |
3. the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | absolutist, |
| definition | : | one who advocates absolutism (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | totalistic, totalitarian, |
| definition | : | of or relating to the principles of totalitarianism according to which the state regulates every realm of life (adj.pert) |
4. a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) (noun.group)
| derivation | : | absolutist, |
| definition | : | one who advocates absolutism (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | dictator, potentate, |
| definition | : | a ruler who is unconstrained by law (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | stalinist, |
| definition | : | a follower of Stalin and Stalinism (noun.person) |
5. the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | absolutist, |
| definition | : | one who advocates absolutism (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | totalistic, totalitarian, |
| definition | : | of or relating to the principles of totalitarianism according to which the state regulates every realm of life (adj.pert) |
6. a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) (noun.group)
| derivation | : | absolutist, |
| definition | : | one who advocates absolutism (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | dictator, potentate, |
| definition | : | a ruler who is unconstrained by law (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | stalinist, |
| definition | : | a follower of Stalin and Stalinism (noun.person) |
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