Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun totalitarianism

2 senses of totalitarianism

Sense 1
dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny -- (a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.))
       => autocracy, autarchy -- (a political system governed by a single individual)

Sense 2
absolutism, totalitarianism, totalism -- (the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government)
       => political orientation, ideology, political theory -- (an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation)