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May 25, 2012
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to•tal•i•tar•i•an•ism



Pronunciation: (tō-tal"i-târ'ē-u-niz"um), [key]
—n.
1. the practices and principles of a totalitarian regime.
2. absolute control by the state or a governing branch of a highly centralized institution.
3. the character or quality of an autocratic or authoritarian individual, group, or government: the totalitarianism of the father.

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