Synonyms for totalitarianism
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Noun
authoritarianism, tyranny, dictatorship, despotism, statism, absolutism, shogunate, iron fist, totalism rare, monocracy rare
Definitions
- n. 1
A system of government in which the people have virtually no authority and the state wields absolute control, for example, a dictatorship.
Forms
- Plural
- totalitarianisms → authoritarianisms, tyrannies, dictatorships, despotisms…
Example sentences
- dictatorship Algeria is neither a democracy nor a dictatorship.
- tyranny People in the country were living under a tyranny.
- authoritarianism Gender violence and authoritarianism go hand-in-hand.
- despotism Property is the right to use & abuse; it engenders despotism.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| totalitarianism | steady | |
| dictatorship | falling | |
| tyranny | steady | |
| authoritarianism | rising | |
| despotism | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- tyranny3, statism3
- 8 letters
- totalism
- 9 letters
- despotism4, shogunate, monocracy
- 10 letters
- absolutism5
- 12 letters
- dictatorship4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tyranny3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- totalitarisme
- Italiano
- totalitarismo
- Español
- totalitarismo
- Deutsch
- Totalitarismus
- Català
- totalitarisme