totalism
All-encompassing authority system
Totalism is a system of thought or governance that demands complete, all-encompassing adherence—leaving no room for dissent, ambiguity, or private reservation.
The term appears in political theory and psychology to describe ideologies or groups that seek total control over members' beliefs and behavior: The cult's totalism required followers to sever all outside relationships.
It overlaps with totalitarianism but emphasizes the psychological dimension of absolute commitment.
Concentrated, unchecked governmental power
- dictatorshipUnchecked single-ruler government
- tyrannyOppressive, absolute governance
- despotismAbsolute one-person rule
- autocracyRule by one
fascism · Stalinism · Maoism · oppression · regime · junta · suppression · censorship
Wholes trump components
- comprehensivenessState of being complete
- all-encompassingIncluding everything without exception
- systematizationCreating ordered structure
- monismSingle-substance metaphysics
universalism · weltanschauung · worldview · ideology · doctrine · dogma · orthodoxy · absolutism
Without partial outcomes
- absolutismUnrestricted governmental authority
- rigidityState of being unbending
- extremismIdeology beyond accepted norms
- polarizationSeparation into opposing extremes
splitting · perfectionism · inflexibility · fundamentalism · dogmatism · closed-mindedness · zealotry · fanaticism
Aesthetic of reduction
- maximalismMore-is-more aesthetic philosophy
- polyrhythmsOverlapping distinct beat patterns
- phasingImplementing by stages
- repetitionAct of redoing
pulse · interlocking · looping · gradualism · cross-rhythms · density · complexity · saturation
authoritarianism
Concentrated, unchecked governmental power
- dictatorshipUnchecked single-ruler government
- tyrannyOppressive, absolute governance
- despotismAbsolute one-person rule
autocracy · fascism · Stalinism · Maoism · oppression · regime · junta · suppression · censorship · surveillance
holism
Wholes trump components
- comprehensivenessState of being complete
- all-encompassingIncluding everything without exception
- systematizationCreating ordered structure
monism · universalism · weltanschauung · worldview · ideology · doctrine · dogma · orthodoxy · absolutism · essentialism
all-or-nothing
Without partial outcomes
- absolutismUnrestricted governmental authority
- rigidityState of being unbending
- extremismIdeology beyond accepted norms
polarization · splitting · perfectionism · inflexibility · fundamentalism · dogmatism · closed-mindedness · zealotry · fanaticism · uncompromising
minimalism
Aesthetic of reduction
- maximalismMore-is-more aesthetic philosophy
- polyrhythmsOverlapping distinct beat patterns
- phasingImplementing by stages
repetition · pulse · interlocking · looping · gradualism · cross-rhythms · density · complexity · saturation
totalismdemocracy
Rule by the people
freedom · autonomy · self-governance · self-government · self-rule
totalismpluralism
Coexistence of differing views
open society · intellectual humility · pragmatism · eclecticism · tolerance
totalismpluralism
Coexistence of differing views
diversity · decentralization · fragmentation · localism · individualism
- totalitarian regimesStates with absolute control
- totalitarian governmentState with absolute power
- path of totalityZone of complete solar obscuration
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