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Totalitarian vs Autocrat - What's the difference?

totalitarian | autocrat |

As nouns the difference between totalitarian and autocrat

is that totalitarian is an advocate of totalitarianism while autocrat is an absolute ruler with infinite power.

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.

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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    autocrat

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An absolute ruler with infinite power
  • A title borne by some such Monarchs, as in Byzantium and tsarist Russia

    • Synonyms

    * autocrator * big man * despot * dictator * * monarch * tyrant

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