Totalitarianism vs. Monarchy

Totalitarianism vs. Monarchy — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Totalitarianism and Monarchy

Totalitarianismnoun

A system of government in which the people have virtually no authority and the state wields absolute control, for example, a dictatorship.

Monarchynoun

A government in which sovereignty is embodied within a single, today usually hereditary head of state (whether as a figurehead or as a powerful ruler).

Totalitarianismnoun

a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

Monarchynoun

The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom.

Totalitarianismnoun

the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government

Monarchynoun

A form of government where sovereignty is embodied by a single ruler in a state and his high aristocracy representing their separate divided lands within the state and their low aristocracy representing their separate divided fiefs.

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Monarchynoun

an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority