Totalitarianism

Quick meaning: Totalitarianism is a noun meaning A system of government in which the people have virtually no authority and the state wields absolute control, for example, a dictatorship.

Meaning

A system of government in which the people have virtually no authority and the state wields absolute control, for example, a dictatorship.

Example Sentences

Mr. Yudin argues that Russia is moving out of authoritarianism – where political passivity and civic disengagement are key features – into totalitarianism, which relies on mass mobilization, terror and homogeneity of beliefs.

The film Repentance caused a sensation across the Soviet Union not only because it publicly condemned the evil of totalitarianism but also because it encouraged tens of thousands of Soviet people to reflect upon the source and root cause of the evil.[…]

And if it is true that in the final stages of totalitarianism an absolute evil appears (absolute because it can no longer be deduced from humanly comprehensible motives), it is also true that without it we might never have known the truly radical nature of Evil.

Word Forms

• totalitarianisms

Synonyms for totalitarianism

Depending on context, synonyms include tyranny, despotism, authoritarianism, dictatorship, absolutism, monocracy.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include authoritarianism, despotism, dictatorship, totalism, tyranny, monocracy.

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