totalitarianism
[toh-tal-i-tair-ee-uh-niz-uh m]
noun
the practices and principles of a totalitarian regime.
absolute control by the state or a governing branch of a highly centralized institution.
the character or quality of an autocratic or authoritarian individual, group, or government: the totalitarianism of the father.
Origin of totalitarianism
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The huge difference between those rulers and Napoleon comes down to one word: totalitarianism.
If young adults can handle erotic vampires and totalitarianism, surely they can stomach some more fictional blood.
What in their history do they find inconsistent with totalitarianism, or at best statism, or at worst Marxism?
Although her story is extraordinary, it is also representative of an entire dark age in Russian totalitarianism.
People have forgotten what totalitarianism looks like, because they became obsessed with George W. Bush.
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totalitarianism
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