Etymograph

English

totalism

From total + -ism.

Formed from total + -ism

Latin tōtus ‘all’

Medieval Latin tōtālis ‘total’

Old French total

Middle English total

English total

Today it means

noun A social, economic and/or political system in which some authority (e.g. the state or "the market") wields absolute power; totalitarianism.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “totalism”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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