Synonyms for totalitarianism
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1. dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyrannynoun

   a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

   Synonyms:
   shogunate, totalism, dictatorship, authoritarianism, one-man rule, tyranny, absolutism, despotism, monocracy

2. absolutism, totalitarianism, totalismnoun

   the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government

   Synonyms:
   shogunate, totalism, dictatorship, authoritarianism, one-man rule, absolutism, despotism, tyranny, monocracy

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1. • Autocracy
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1. List of paraphrases for "totalitarianism":

   totalitarian, dictatorship, authoritarianism

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How to use totalitarianism in a sentence?

1. Herman Hesse:

   Any attempt to replace a personal conscience by a collective conscience does violence to the individual and is the first step toward totalitarianism.

2. Denys Monastyrskyy:

   Today the border between totalitarianism and democracy passes behind our backs, the border between freedom and oppression, we are ready to fight for it.

3. Lev Gudkov:

   Of course it is not Stalinist totalitarianism and mass repressions, but there are nevertheless now 'prophylactic repressions'.

4. Mark Levin:

   The Democrat Party doesn't believe in speech and that's the whole point of this book, ‘American Marxism.’ We have these elements in this country that are embracing the totalitarianism of an Americanized form of Marxism, it’s on our college campuses, where academic freedom is really a joke, free speech on the internet is really a joke. More and more of our liberties are being smothered, and somebody needs to bring attention to it, needs to give it the right name and needs to talk about how we confront it. And that's the point of the book.

5. Mahatma Gandhi:

   What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy