As nouns the difference between oligarch and totalitarianism
is that oligarch is a member of an oligarchy, someone who is part of a small group that runs a country while totalitarianism is a system of government in which the people have virtually no authority and the state wields absolute control, for example, a dictatorship.
oligarch
English
Noun
(
wikipedia oligarch)
(
en noun)
A member of an oligarchy, someone who is part of a small group that runs a country.
A very rich person, particularly with political power; a plutocrat.
(label) A protoplanet formed during oligarchic accretion.
Synonyms
* (rich and powerful person) (l), (l)
Related terms
* (l)
* (l)
* (l)
totalitarianism
Noun
(-)
A system of government in which the people have virtually no authority and the state wields absolute control, for example, a dictatorship.
Usage notes
Contentious usage: precise definition, application to specific cases, and distinction from similar terms varies by author. Narrowly, a government in which everything is political and controlled by the state, coined to describe (m), in contrast to the older terms and concepts of (m), (m), and (m), which focus more on centralization of power, not its pervasiveness. Later applied to (l), to emphasize its commonalities with fascism. Sometimes considered an extreme form of (m), in other cases contrasted with it.
Related terms
* totalism
* totalistic
* totalist
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