totalitarianism

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totalitarianism - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  totalitarianism
      n 1: a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute
           dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or
           opposition etc.) [syn: dictatorship, absolutism,
           authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy,
           one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism,
           totalitarianism, tyranny]
      2: the principle of complete and unrestricted power in
         government [syn: absolutism, totalitarianism, totalism]