totalistic
Demanding complete conformity
Totalistic describes systems, ideologies, or approaches that are all-encompassing, demanding complete adherence or control.
The term often appears in discussions of authoritarian regimes or rigid belief systems that brook no partial commitment: totalistic movements require members to surrender individual judgment.
In cellular automata theory, totalistic refers to rules where a cell's next state depends only on the sum of neighboring values, not their arrangement.
Including everything without exception
- exhaustiveCovering all possibilities
- completeLacking nothing, fully done
- thoroughComplete in every detail
- encyclopedicCovering all branches of knowledge
sweeping · universal · inclusive · wide-ranging · full-scale · broad-spectrum · systematic · extensive
Joined in multiple ways
- unifiedCombined into one
- integratedCombined into a whole
- wholenessComplete, undivided state
- systemicAffecting an entire structure
gestalt · cohesive · harmonious · symbiotic · interrelated · interdependent · organic · seamless
Unchecked single-ruler government
- tyrannyOppressive, absolute governance
- autocracyRule by one
- despotismAbsolute one-person rule
- fascismUltranationalist dictatorial political system
regime · Stalinism · Maoism · Orwellian · Big Brother · suppression · censorship · propaganda
all-encompassing
Including everything without exception
- exhaustiveCovering all possibilities
- completeLacking nothing, fully done
- thoroughComplete in every detail
encyclopedic · sweeping · universal · inclusive · wide-ranging · full-scale · broad-spectrum · systematic · extensive · panoptic
interconnected
Joined in multiple ways
- unifiedCombined into one
- integratedCombined into a whole
- wholenessComplete, undivided state
systemic · gestalt · cohesive · harmonious · symbiotic · interrelated · interdependent · organic · seamless · synergistic
dictatorship
Unchecked single-ruler government
fascism · regime · Stalinism · Maoism · Orwellian · Big Brother · suppression · censorship · propaganda · indoctrination
totalisticpluralistic
Allowing coexisting differences
permissive · libertarian · laissez-faire · moderate · decentralized
totalisticpluralistic
Allowing coexisting differences
moderate · eclectic · fragmented · open-minded · syncretic
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