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    totalitarianism
    /ˌtəʊtalɪˈtɛːrɪənɪz(ə)m/

    noun

    • 1. a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state: "democratic countries were fighting against totalitarianism"

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  2. Totalitarianism. Joseph Stalin (left), leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and Adolf Hitler (right), leader of the German Reich —considered prototypical dictators of totalitarian regimes, of the left and right respectively. Totalitarianism is a political system and a form of government that prohibits opposition ...

  3. Totalitarianism, form of government that permits no individual freedom and seeks to subordinate all aspects of individual life to the authority of the state. Coined by the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini in the early 1920s, the term has become synonymous with absolute and oppressive single-party government.

  4. Oct 1, 2022 · Totalitarianism is considered an extreme form of authoritarianism, in which government controls almost all aspects of the public and private lives of the people. Most totalitarian regimes are ruled by autocrats or dictators.

  5. Totalitarianism is a form of government that attempts to assert total control over the lives of its citizens. It is characterized by strong central rule that attempts to control and direct all aspects of individual life through coercion and repression. It does not permit individual freedom.

  6. Jul 23, 2024 · Totalitarianism is typically distinguished from dictatorship, autocracy, or tyranny by its goals of replacing all existing political institutions with new ones and eliminating all legal, social, and political traditions.

  7. As used in this article, “totalitarianism” will refer to the most extreme modern dictatorships possessing perfectionistic and utopian conceptions of humanity and society. Totalitarianism’s appeal is linked to a variety of perennial values and intellectual commitments.

  8. An essay on Hannah Arendt and her theories on the origins and practice of totalitarianism by Arendt scholar and trustee Jerome Kohn.

  9. Jul 27, 2006 · In analyzing antisemitism, imperialism, and racism, Arendt did not want to provide a causal explanation for totalitarianism, but rather a historical investigation of the elements that “crystallized into totalitarianism” (Canovan 2000, 27).

  10. totalitarianism, Form of government that subordinates all aspects of its citizens’ lives to the authority of the state, with a single charismatic leader as the ultimate authority.

  11. The meaning of TOTALITARIANISM is centralized control by an autocratic authority.