totalitarianism

Noun
  1. A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) (synset 108457622)
    is a type of: autarchy, autocracy - a political system governed by a single individual
    subtypes: police state - a country that maintains repressive control over the people by means of police (especially secret police)
    same as: absolutism, authoritarianism, caesarism, despotism, dictatorship, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, stalinism, tyranny
  2. The principle of complete and unrestricted power in government (synset 106223441)
    is a type of: ideology, political orientation, political theory - an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation
    same as: absolutism, totalism

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