English Explanatory Dictionary

totalism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A social, economic and/or political system in which some authority (e.g. the state or "the market") wields absolute power; totalitarianism.
  2. A philosophy, ideology or belief system that is total in its scope, one that covers everything.
  3. Totality; (the) entirety (of something).
  4. Totalness, absoluteness; the characteristic of being absolute in nature or scope.

Word forms

totalism totalisms

Etymology

From total + -ism.

Related words

totalist totalistic
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