noun · countable / uncountable · rare

totalitarianism

totalitarianism · totalitarianisms

тоталітаризм

тоталитаризм

Totalitarismus

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

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US/tˌoʊtˌælətˈɛɹiənˌɪzəm/

» Digital identity is a stretch of the road to totalitarianism.

Die digitale Identität ist eine Strecke des Weges zum Totalitarismus.

Meaning

1 senses

(countable, uncountable)A system of government in which the people have virtually no authority and the state wields absolute control, for example, a dictatorship.
Totalitarismus
тоталитари́змtotalitarízm
тоталітари́змtotalitarýzm

More definitions

an ideological belief in the complete and unrestricted power of government.
a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

Examples

4 sentences

Digital identity is a stretch of the road to totalitarianism.
deDie digitale Identität ist eine Strecke des Weges zum Totalitarismus.
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Totalitarianism is when people are mean to me.
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Parenthood involves totalitarianism.
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The New World Order is an atheist new communist totalitarianism.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

system where state wields absolute control:

Русский

By meaning 1

system where state wields absolute control:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

system where state wields absolute control:

Origin

1938, from totalitarian + -ism, modeled after Italian totalitarismo (1923, by Giovanni Ame

1938, from totalitarian + -ism, modeled after Italian totalitarismo (1923, by Giovanni Amendola) and German terms such as Totalstaat (1927, The Concept of the Political, by Carl Schmitt).

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Forms

plural: totalitarianisms

Singular	totalitarianism
Plural	totalitarianisms

regular

Synonyms

11 synonyms

Close in meaning

an ideological belief in the complete and unrestricted power of government.:absolutism totalism
a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.):dictatorship absolutism authoritarianism Caesarism despotism monocracy one-man rule shogunate

Word family

5 related words

Relatedtotalism totalistic totalist

Derivedantitotalitarianism inverted totalitarianism

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable