'totalitarianism' definitions:
Definition of 'totalitarianism'
(from WordNet)
noun
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]
noun
The principle of complete and unrestricted power in government [syn: absolutism, totalitarianism, totalism]