Totalitarian vs Autocratic - What's the difference?
totalitarian | autocratic |
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.
Of or pertaining to autocracy or to an autocrat; absolute; holding independent and arbitrary powers of government.
Of or pertaining to the manner of an autocrat.
As adjectives the difference between totalitarian and autocratic
is that 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 while autocratic is of or pertaining to autocracy or to an autocrat; absolute; holding independent and arbitrary powers of government.As a noun totalitarian
is an advocate of totalitarianism.totalitarian
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(en adjective)autocratic
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(en adjective)- In recent times the British prime minister has become increasingly autocratic .
- Despite his lack of any actual authority his autocratic demeanour annoyed many of his colleagues.