| Main Entry: | totalitarianism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | absolutism |
Synonyms: |
authoritarianism, autocracy, despotism, dictatorship, tyranny |
| Main Entry: | communism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | socialist government |
Synonyms: |
Bolshevism, Leninism, Marxism, collectivism, rule of the proletariat, socialism, state ownership, totalitarianism |
| Notes: | socialism is the more loosely defined term and encompasses communism |
Antonyms: |
capitalism, democracy |
| Main Entry: | dictatorship |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | absolute rule |
Synonyms: |
Nazism, authoritarianism, autocracy, coercion, despotism, fascism, garrison state, reign of terror, totalitarianism, tyranny, unlimited rule |
Antonyms: |
democracy |
| Main Entry: | fascism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | political system of dictatorship |
Synonyms: |
Nazism, absolutism, authoritarianism, autocracy, bureaucracy, despotism, one-party system, party government, racism, regimentation, totalitarianism |
Antonyms: |
democracy |
| Main Entry: | tyranny |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dictatorship |
Synonyms: |
absolutism, authoritarianism, autocracy, coercion, cruelty, despotism, domination, fascism, high-handedness, imperiousness, monocracy, oligarchy, oppression, peremptoriness, reign of terror, severity, terrorism, totalitarianism, totality, unreasonableness |
Antonyms: |
democracy |
| Main Entry: | police state |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | totalitarian rule |
Synonyms: |
brute force, despotism, rule of terror, totalitarian government, totalitarian regime, totalitarianism |
| Main Entry: | absolutism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | political doctrine |
Synonyms: |
authoritarianism, autocracy, despotism, dictatorship, totalism, totalitarianism |
| Main Entry: | autarchy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | absolutism |
Synonyms: |
autocracy, despotism, dictatorship, monocracy, totalitarianism, tyrannical rule, tyranny |
| Main Entry: | authoritarianism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | absolutism |
Synonyms: |
autocracy, despotism, dictatorship, monocracy, totalitarianism |