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Anarchy vs Totalitarian - What's the difference?

anarchy | totalitarian |

As nouns the difference between anarchy and totalitarian

is that anarchy is (uncountable) the state of a society being without authorities or an authoritative governing body while totalitarian is an advocate of totalitarianism.

As an adjective totalitarian is

a system of government where the people have virtually no authority and the state wields absolute control of every aspect of the country, socially, financially and politically.

anarchy

English

(wikipedia anarchy)

Noun

  • (uncountable) The state of a society being without authorities or an authoritative governing body.
  • (uncountable) Anarchism]]; the political theory that a community is best [[organize, organized by the voluntary cooperation of individuals, rather than by a government, which is regarded as being coercive by nature.
  • (countable) A chaotic and confusing absence of any form of political authority or government.
  • Confusion in general; disorder.

    • Usage notes

    * (confusion or misunderstanding in general) Anarchists feel it is inappropriate to use anarchy to mean “a state of chaos or confusion”. However, this has historically been a common use of the word. * (English Citations of "anarchy")

    Synonyms

    * see

    Antonyms

    * (all senses) nonanarchy (rare) * (disorder) order

    Derived terms

    * anarchic * anarchical * anarchically * anarchism * anarchist * anarcho- English words suffixed with -archy

    totalitarian

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • A system of government where the people have virtually no authority and the state wields absolute control of every aspect of the country, socially, financially and politically.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An advocate of totalitarianism.

    • Related terms

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