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totalism

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of totalism

a system of government in which the ruler has unlimited power

warned that forfeiture of civil liberties for the sake of security would only result in the terror of totalism

Synonyms of totalism

absolutism, autarchy, authoritarianism, autocracy, Caesarism, czarism (also tsarism), despotism, dictatorship, totalitarianism, tyranny

Words Related to totalism

monarchism, monarchy, monocracy

Big Brother, Big Brotherism, Communism, fascism, Nazism

domination, oppression

Near Antonyms of totalism

democracy, self-governance, self-government, self-rule

freedom, self-determination

autonomy, sovereignty (also sovranty)

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