# totalism

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A social, economic and/or political system in which some authority (e.g. the state or "the market") wields absolute power; totalitarianism.
2. A philosophy, ideology or belief system that is total in its scope, one that covers everything.
3. Totality; (the) entirety (of something).
4. Totalness, absoluteness; the characteristic of being absolute in nature or scope.

## Etymology
From total + -ism.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/totalism
