totalism

noun

to·tal·ism ˈtō-tᵊl-ˌi-zəm

Synonyms of totalism next

: totalitarianism

totalistic

ˌtō-tᵊl-ˈi-stik

adjective

or less commonly totalist

ˈtō-tᵊl-ist

Examples of totalism in a Sentence

warned that forfeiture of civil liberties for the sake of security would only result in the terror of totalism

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Common sense and a mania for systematization, logical thinking and ideological totalism, are constantly at war in the French character, as a belief in instant happiness and a paranoia about imaginary enemies are in the American. —