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href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarismus" title="Totalitarismus – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Totalitarismus" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-am mw-list-item"><a href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%8D%8D%E1%8D%81%E1%88%9D_%E1%8C%A0%E1%89%85%E1%88%8B%E1%8B%AD" title="ፍፁም ጠቅላይ – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="ፍፁም ጠቅላይ" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%85%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A9" title="الشمولية – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="الشمولية" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarismu" title="Totalitarismu – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Totalitarismu" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarizm" title="Totalitarizm – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Totalitarizm" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B2%DB%8C%D9%85" title="توتالیتاریزیم – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="توتالیتاریزیم" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%9A%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9B%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A6" title="একচ্ছত্রবাদ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="একচ্ছত্রবাদ" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cho%C3%A2n-th%C3%A9-ch%C3%BA-g%C4%AB" title="Choân-thé-chú-gī – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Choân-thé-chú-gī" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%B7%D0%BC" title="Таталітарызм – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Таталітарызм" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%B7%D0%BC" title="Таталітарызм – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Таталітарызм" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B7%D1%8A%D0%BC" title="Тоталитаризъм – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Тоталитаризъм" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarizam" title="Totalitarizam – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Totalitarizam" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollveliouriezh" title="Hollveliouriezh – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Hollveliouriezh" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarisme" title="Totalitarisme – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Totalitarisme" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BC" title="Тоталитаризм – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Тоталитаризм" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarismus" title="Totalitarismus – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Totalitarismus" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitariaeth" title="Totalitariaeth – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Totalitariaeth" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarisme" title="Totalitarisme – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Totalitarisme" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarismus" title="Totalitarismus – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Totalitarismus" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarism" title="Totalitarism – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Totalitarism" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9F%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%BA%CE%BB%CE%B7%CF%81%CF%89%CF%84%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%BC%CF%8C%CF%82" title="Ολοκληρωτισμός – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ολοκληρωτισμός" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarianism" title="Totalitarianism – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Totalitarianism" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarismo" title="Totalitarismo – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Totalitarismo" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalismo" title="Totalismo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Totalismo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarismo" title="Totalitarismo – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Totalitarismo" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AA%E2%80%8C%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%87%DB%8C" title="تمامیت‌خواهی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="تمامیت‌خواهی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarisme" title="Totalitarisme – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Totalitarisme" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarismo" title="Totalitarismo – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Totalitarismo" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A0%84%EC%B2%B4%EC%A3%BC%EC%9D%98" title="전체주의 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="전체주의" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%B4%D5%A2%D5%B8%D5%B2%D5%BB%D5%A1%D5%BF%D5%AB%D6%80%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6" title="Ամբողջատիրություն – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ամբողջատիրություն" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6" title="सर्वसत्तावाद – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="सर्वसत्तावाद" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarizam" title="Totalitarizam – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Totalitarizam" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totaliterisme" title="Totaliterisme – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Totaliterisme" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarismo" title="Totalitarismo – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Totalitarismo" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alr%C3%A6%C3%B0i" title="Alræði – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Alræði" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarismo" title="Totalitarismo – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Totalitarismo" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%98%D7%95%D7%98%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%96%D7%9D" title="טוטליטריזם – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="טוטליטריזם" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A2%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%96%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98" title="ტოტალიტარიზმი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ტოტალიტარიზმი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BC" title="Тоталитаризм – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Тоталитаризм" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kv mw-list-item"><a href="https://kv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BC" title="Тоталитаризм – Komi" lang="kv" hreflang="kv" data-title="Тоталитаризм" data-language-autonym="Коми" data-language-local-name="Komi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Коми</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BC" title="Тоталитаризм – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Тоталитаризм" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalit%C4%81risms" title="Totalitārisms – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Totalitārisms" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarismus" title="Totalitarismus – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Totalitarismus" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarizmas" title="Totalitarizmas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Totalitarizmas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarism" title="Totalitarism – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Totalitarism" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarianizmus" title="Totalitarianizmus – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Totalitarianizmus" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BC" title="Тоталитаризам – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Тоталитаризам" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6" title="सर्वंकषवाद – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="सर्वंकषवाद" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A2%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%96%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98" title="ტოტალიტარიზმი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ტოტალიტარიზმი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B8%D9%85%D9%87_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%85%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%87" title="الانظمه الشموليه – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="الانظمه الشموليه" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%85" title="توتالیتاریسم – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="توتالیتاریسم" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarianisme" title="Totalitarianisme – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Totalitarianisme" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BC" title="Тоталитаризм – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Тоталитаризм" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%A1%E1%80%80%E1%80%BC%E1%80%BD%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%80%99%E1%80%B2%E1%80%B7_%E1%80%A1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%8F%E1%80%AC%E1%80%9B%E1%80%BE%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA_%E1%80%85%E1%80%94%E1%80%85%E1%80%BA" title="အကြွင်းမဲ့ အာဏာရှင် စနစ် – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="အကြွင်းမဲ့ အာဏာရှင် စနစ်" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarisme" title="Totalitarisme – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Totalitarisme" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%A8%E4%BD%93%E4%B8%BB%E7%BE%A9" title="全体主義 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="全体主義" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarisme" title="Totalitarisme – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Totalitarisme" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarisme" title="Totalitarisme – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Totalitarisme" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarizm" title="Totalitarizm – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Totalitarizm" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%AC_%E0%A8%85%E0%A8%A7%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A6" title="ਸਰਬ ਅਧਿਕਾਰਵਾਦ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਸਰਬ ਅਧਿਕਾਰਵਾਦ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BC%D9%88%D9%BC%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%90%D9%BC%D8%B1" title="ټوټالېټر – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="ټوټالېټر" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitaryzm" title="Totalitaryzm – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Totalitaryzm" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarismo" title="Totalitarismo – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Totalitarismo" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarism" title="Totalitarism – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Totalitarism" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BC" title="Тоталитаризм – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Тоталитаризм" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarizmi" title="Totalitarizmi – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Totalitarizmi" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tutalitarismu" title="Tutalitarismu – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Tutalitarismu" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B7%D9%84%D9%82_%D8%A2%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA" title="مطلق آمريت – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="مطلق آمريت" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarizmus" title="Totalitarizmus – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Totalitarizmus" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarizem" title="Totalitarizem – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Totalitarizem" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarysm" title="Totalitarysm – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Totalitarysm" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%DB%95%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C" title="تەواوخوازی – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="تەواوخوازی" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BC" title="Тоталитаризам – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Тоталитаризам" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarizam" title="Totalitarizam – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Totalitarizam" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarismi" title="Totalitarismi – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Totalitarismi" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarism" title="Totalitarism – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Totalitarism" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarismo" title="Totalitarismo – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Totalitarismo" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BC" title="Тоталитаризм – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Тоталитаризм" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B3%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%88%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%9A%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%94%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%88" title="ระบบรวบอำนาจเบ็ดเสร็จ – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="ระบบรวบอำนาจเบ็ดเสร็จ" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%8F%D1%82%D1%85%D0%BE%D2%B3%D3%A3" title="Тамомиятхоҳӣ – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Тамомиятхоҳӣ" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarizm" title="Totalitarizm – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Totalitarizm" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/KIM_FAMILY.png/220px-KIM_FAMILY.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/KIM_FAMILY.png/330px-KIM_FAMILY.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/KIM_FAMILY.png/440px-KIM_FAMILY.png 2x" data-file-width="1008" data-file-height="474" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Kim_family" title="Kim family">Kim Family (North Korea)</a></figcaption></figure> <p><b>Totalitarianism</b> is a political system where a government has unlimited control.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In some totalitarian regimes, a <a href="/wiki/Dictatorship" title="Dictatorship">dictator holds all of the power</a>; in others, a <a href="/wiki/One-party_state" title="One-party state">single political party</a> does. In all cases, the government tries to control every part of its <a href="/wiki/Citizenship" title="Citizenship">citizens</a>' lives, and individuals have few <a href="/wiki/Rights" title="Rights">rights</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Totalitarianism is a type of <a href="/wiki/Autocracy" title="Autocracy">autocracy</a>, and an extreme form of <a href="/wiki/Authoritarianism" title="Authoritarianism">authoritarianism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Totalitarianism&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Change section: Description" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Totalitarianism&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: Description"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In a totalitarian government, there are no free and fair <a href="/wiki/Election" title="Election">elections</a>. If elections are held at all, every candidate must be approved by the government. </p><p>Totalitarian regimes do not <a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_speech" title="Freedom of speech">allow people to criticize</a> the government. They use <a href="/wiki/Censorship" title="Censorship">censorship</a>, physical force, and/or <a href="/wiki/Arrest" title="Arrest">arrests</a> against people who protest. </p><p>Events like <a href="/wiki/Parade" title="Parade">parades</a> and rallies are common in totalitarian governments. These suggest to the people that the ruling group is in complete control.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Totalitarian governments are like <a href="/wiki/Police_state" title="Police state">police states</a>, except that their police do not have to follow <a href="/wiki/Law" title="Law">laws</a> or <a href="/wiki/Regulation" title="Regulation">regulations</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Totalitarianism&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Change section: History" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Totalitarianism&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section's source code: History"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In some places, totalitarianism is as old as <a href="/wiki/History" title="History">history</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Maurya_Empire" title="Maurya Empire">Mauryan dynasty</a> of <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> (c. 321–c. 185 <a href="/wiki/BCE" class="mw-redirect" title="BCE">BCE</a>) and the <a href="/wiki/Qin_dynasty" title="Qin dynasty">Qin dynasty</a> of <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> (221–207 BCE) are two early examples.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Zulu_people" title="Zulu people">Zulu</a> Kingdom under <a href="/wiki/Tribal_chief" title="Tribal chief">chief</a> <a href="/wiki/Shaka" title="Shaka">Shaka</a> (c. 1816–28) is a more recent example.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Modern_examples">Modern examples</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Totalitarianism&veaction=edit&section=3" title="Change section: Modern examples" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Totalitarianism&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section's source code: Modern examples"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, totalitarian governments existed in <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a> (led by <a href="/wiki/Adolf_Hitler" title="Adolf Hitler">Adolf Hitler</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>; <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Italy" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Italy">Fascist Italy</a> (led by Benito <a href="/wiki/Benito_Mussolini" title="Benito Mussolini">Mussolini</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>; <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a> (under <a href="/wiki/Francisco_Franco" title="Francisco Franco">General Francisco Franco</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>; and the <a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Japan" title="Empire of Japan">Empire of Japan</a><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Lenin" title="Vladimir Lenin">Vladimir Lenin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Stalin" title="Joseph Stalin">Joseph Stalin</a> led totalitarian regimes in the former <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> So did <a href="/wiki/Mao_Zedong" title="Mao Zedong">Mao Zedong</a> in <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">The People's Republic of China</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In modern times, <a href="/wiki/North_Korea" title="North Korea">North Korea</a> (under <a href="/wiki/Kim_Jong-un" title="Kim Jong-un">Kim Jong-Un</a>) is a totalitarian regime.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> So is <a href="/wiki/Eritrea" title="Eritrea">Eritrea</a>; <a href="/wiki/Isaias_Afwerki" title="Isaias Afwerki">Isaias Afwerki</a> has been its only <a href="/wiki/President" title="President">president</a> since 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 2023, fifty-nine countries had authoritarian governments.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These countries contain 40% of the world's <a href="/wiki/Population" title="Population">population</a> - two out of every five people on <a href="/wiki/Earth" title="Earth">Earth</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Partial_totalitarianism">Partial totalitarianism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Totalitarianism&veaction=edit&section=4" title="Change section: Partial totalitarianism" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Totalitarianism&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section's source code: Partial totalitarianism"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Other countries have had <a href="/wiki/Dictatorship" title="Dictatorship">dictatorships</a> which never reached full totalitarianism. At various times, many <a href="/wiki/Latin_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin American">Latin American</a> countries have had dictatorships with some aspects of totalitarianism. Some African countries (like <a href="/wiki/Zimbabwe" title="Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a>) have been dictatorships for long periods. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Satire" title="Satire">satire</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four" title="Nineteen Eighty-Four">Nineteen Eighty-Four</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/George_Orwell" title="George Orwell">George Orwell</a> was about a totalitarian <a href="/wiki/Society" title="Society">society</a> taken to extremes. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Purpose">Purpose</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Totalitarianism&veaction=edit&section=5" title="Change section: Purpose" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Totalitarianism&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section's source code: Purpose"><span>change source</span></a><span 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href="https://www.history.com/news/totalitarianism-authoritarianism-differences-examples">"What's the Difference Between Authoritarianism and Totalitarianism?"</a>. <i>HISTORY</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2024-10-31</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=HISTORY&rft.atitle=What%27s+the+Difference+Between+Authoritarianism+and+Totalitarianism%3F&rft.date=2024-05-22&rft.aulast=Pruitt&rft.aufirst=Sarah&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.history.com%2Fnews%2Ftotalitarianism-authoritarianism-differences-examples&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ATotalitarianism" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:0-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-:0_2-0">2.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-:0_2-1">2.1</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-:0_2-2">2.2</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-:0_2-3">2.3</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-:0_2-4">2.4</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/totalitarianism">"Totalitarianism | Definition, Characteristics, Examples, & Facts | Britannica"</a>. <i>Encyclopedia Britannica</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Univ. of Wisconsin Press</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-8">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite id="CITEREFFifield2017" class="citation news cs1">Fifield, Anna (2017-11-17). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/world/north-korea-defectors/">"Life under Kim Jong Un"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Washington+Post&rft.atitle=Life+under+Kim+Jong+Un&rft.date=2017-11-17&rft.aulast=Fifield&rft.aufirst=Anna&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fgraphics%2F2017%2Fworld%2Fnorth-korea-defectors%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ATotalitarianism" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-9">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Riley, Alexander (1 October 2019). 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