As nouns the difference between totalitarianism and anarchy
is that totalitarianism is a system of government in which the people have virtually no authority and the state wields absolute control, for example, a dictatorship while anarchy is the state of a society being without authorities or an authoritative governing body.
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
References
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
