"totalitarianism" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-us-totalitarianism.ogg [US] Forms: totalitarianisms [plural]
Etymology: 1938, from totalitarian + -ism, modeled after Italian totalitarismo (1923, by Giovanni Amendola) and German terms such as Totalstaat (1927, The Concept of the Political, by Carl Schmitt). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|totalitarian|ism}} totalitarian + -ism, {{uder|en|it|totalitarismo}} Italian totalitarismo, {{uder|en|de|-}} German, {{m|de|Totalstaat}} Totalstaat Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} totalitarianism (countable and uncountable, plural totalitarianisms)
  1. A system of government in which the people have virtually no authority and the state wields absolute control, for example, a dictatorship. Wikipedia link: Carl Schmitt, Franz Borkenau, Giovanni Amendola, The Concept of the Political, totalitarianism Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Forms of government Derived forms: inverted totalitarianism Related terms: totalism, totalistic, totalist Translations (system where state wields absolute control): totalitarizëm [masculine] (Albanian), شُمُولِيَّة (šumūliyya) [feminine] (Arabic), ամբողջատիրություն (amboġǰatirutʻyun) (Armenian), totalitarizm (Azerbaijani), таталітары́зм (tatalitarýzm) [masculine] (Belarusian), тоталитари́зъм (totalitarízǎm) [masculine] (Bulgarian), totalitarisme [masculine] (Catalan), 極權主義 (Chinese Mandarin), 极权主义 (jíquánzhǔyì) (Chinese Mandarin), 全體主義 (Chinese Mandarin), 全体主义 (quántǐzhǔyì) (Chinese Mandarin), totalitarismus [masculine] (Czech), totalitarisme [common-gender] (Danish), totalitarisme [neuter] (Dutch), totalitarism (Estonian), totalitarismi (Finnish), totalitarisme [masculine] (French), totalitarismo [masculine] (Galician), ტოტალიტარიზმი (ṭoṭaliṭarizmi) (Georgian), Totalitarismus [masculine] (German), ολοκληρωτισμός (oloklirotismós) [masculine] (Greek), טוֹטָלִיטָרִיזְם (totalitarízm) [masculine] (Hebrew), सर्वसत्तावाद (sarvasattāvād) [masculine] (Hindi), totalitarizmus (Hungarian), alræði [neuter] (Icelandic), alræðisstefna [feminine] (Icelandic), totaliterisme (Indonesian), ollsmachtachas [masculine] (Irish), totalitarismo [masculine] (Italian), 全体主義 (zentaishugi) (alt: ぜんたいしゅぎ) (Japanese), тоталитаризм (totalitarizm) (Kazakh), សមស្តនិយម (saʼmaataʼniyum) (Khmer), ផ្តាច់ការនិយម (phdac kaa niyum) (Khmer), 전체주의 (jeonchejuui) (alt: 全體主義) (Korean), тоталитаризм (totalitarizm) (Kyrgyz), totalitārisms [masculine] (Latvian), totalitarizmas [masculine] (Lithuanian), тоталитари́зам (totalitarízam) [masculine] (Macedonian), totalitarianisme (Malay), angangarengaretanga (Maori), totalîtarîzm (Northern Kurdish), totalitarisme [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), تمامیتخواهی (tamâmit-xâhi) (Persian), توتالیتاریسم (totâlitârisem) (Persian), totalitaryzm [masculine] (Polish), totalizm [masculine] (Polish), totalitarismo [masculine] (Portuguese), totalitarism [neuter] (Romanian), тоталитари́зм (totalitarízm) [masculine] (Russian), тоталитарѝзам [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), totalitarìzam [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), totalitarizmus [masculine] (Slovak), totalitarizem [masculine] (Slovene), totalitarismo (Spanish), totalitarism [neuter] (Swedish), totalitarismo (Tagalog), тоталитаризм (totalitarizm) (Tajik), ระบบรวบอำนาจเบ็ดเสร็จ (rá-bòp-rûuap-am-nâat-bèt-sèt) (Thai), ลัทธิเผด็จการ (lát-tí-pà-dèt-gaan) (Thai), bütüncüllük (Turkish), totaliterlik (Turkish), totalitarizm (Turkish), totalitarizm (Turkmen), тоталітари́зм (totalitarýzm) [masculine] (Ukrainian), totalitarizm (Uzbek), chủ nghĩa toàn trị (Vietnamese), totalitariaeth [feminine] (Welsh)

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          "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
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          "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
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          "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
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          "code": "fa",
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          "word": "تمامیتخواهی"
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          "code": "fa",
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          "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
          "word": "توتالیتاریسم"
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
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      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
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      "word": "totalitarizëm"
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      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
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      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
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    },
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
      "word": "totalitarizm"
    },
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
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      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "totalitarízǎm",
      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "totalitarisme"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
      "word": "極權主義"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jíquánzhǔyì",
      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
      "word": "极权主义"
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      "code": "da",
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      "code": "et",
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      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "totalitarismo"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ṭoṭaliṭarizmi",
      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
      "word": "ტოტალიტარიზმი"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "Totalitarismus"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ολοκληρωτισμός"
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      "code": "he",
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      "roman": "totalitarízm",
      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "טוֹטָלִיטָרִיזְם"
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "sarvasattāvād",
      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "सर्वसत्तावाद"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
      "word": "totalitarizmus"
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      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
      "word": "totaliterisme"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ollsmachtachas"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "totalitarismo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぜんたいしゅぎ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "zentaishugi",
      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
      "word": "全体主義"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "totalitarizm",
      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
      "word": "тоталитаризм"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "saʼmaataʼniyum",
      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
      "word": "សមស្តនិយម"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "phdac kaa niyum",
      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
      "word": "ផ្តាច់ការនិយម"
    },
    {
      "alt": "全體主義",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jeonchejuui",
      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
      "word": "전체주의"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
      "word": "totalîtarîzm"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "totalitarizm",
      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
      "word": "тоталитаризм"
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      "code": "lv",
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      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
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      "code": "lt",
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      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "тоталитари́зам"
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    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
      "word": "totalitarianisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
      "word": "angangarengaretanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "totalitarisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "tamâmit-xâhi",
      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
      "word": "تمامیتخواهی"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "totâlitârisem",
      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
      "word": "توتالیتاریسم"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "totalitaryzm"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "totalizm"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "totalitarismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "totalitarism"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "totalitarízm",
      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "тоталитари́зм"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "тоталитарѝзам"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "totalitarìzam"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "totalitarizmus"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "totalitarizem"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
      "word": "totalitarismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "totalitarism"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
      "word": "totalitarismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "totalitarizm",
      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
      "word": "тоталитаризм"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "rá-bòp-rûuap-am-nâat-bèt-sèt",
      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
      "word": "ระบบรวบอำนาจเบ็ดเสร็จ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "lát-tí-pà-dèt-gaan",
      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
      "word": "ลัทธิเผด็จการ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
      "word": "bütüncüllük"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
      "word": "totaliterlik"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
      "word": "totalitarizm"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
      "word": "totalitarizm"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "totalitarýzm",
      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "тоталітари́зм"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
      "word": "totalitarizm"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
      "word": "chủ nghĩa toàn trị"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "system where state wields absolute control",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "totalitariaeth"
    }
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  "word": "totalitarianism"
}

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