Associations to the word «Totalitarianism»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

TOTALITARIANISM, noun. A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.).
TOTALITARIANISM, noun. The principle of complete and unrestricted power in government.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats