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totalitarianism

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of totalitarianism

a system of government in which the ruler has unlimited power

in times of crisis, when a nationʼs people are frightened, there are often calls for totalitarianism

Synonyms of totalitarianism

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

Words Related to totalitarianism

monarchism, monarchy, monocracy

Big Brother, Big Brotherism, Communism, fascism, Nazism

domination, oppression

Near Antonyms of totalitarianism

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

freedom, self-determination

autonomy, sovereignty (also sovranty)

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