totalitarismo

Italian

Etymology

From totalitario (“totalitarian”) +‎ -ismo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /to.ta.li.taˈriz.mo/
• Rhymes: -izmo
• Hyphenation: to‧ta‧li‧ta‧rì‧smo

Noun

totalitarismo m (plural totalitarismi)

1. (politics) totalitarianism

Further reading

• “totalitarismo”, in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• “totalitarismo” in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• “totalitarismo” in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• “totalitarìsmo” in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• “totalitarismo”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Italian totalitariobor.

French total

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ts

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂tsder.

Latin -itātemlbor.

Old French -ité

Middle French -ité

French -ité

French totalité

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusder.

French -aire

French totalitairebor.

Portuguese totalitário

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mos

Proto-Indo-European *-mós

Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)

Ancient Greek -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)bor.

Latin -ismuslbor.

Portuguese -ismo

Portuguese totalitarismo

From totalitário (“totalitarian”) + -ismo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /to.ta.li.taˈɾiz.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /to.ta.li.taˈɾiz.mu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /to.ta.li.taˈɾiʒ.mu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tu.tɐ.li.tɐˈɾiʒ.mu/

• Rhymes: -izmu, -iʒmu
• Hyphenation: to‧ta‧li‧ta‧ris‧mo

Noun

totalitarismo m (plural totalitarismos)

1. (politics) totalitarianism (political system where the state wields absolute control)

Further reading

• “totalitarismo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “totalitarismo”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “totalitarismo”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “totalitarismo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “totalitarismo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish totalitario

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mos

Proto-Indo-European *-mós

Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)

Ancient Greek -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)bor.

Latin -ismuslbor.

Spanish -ismo

Spanish totalitarismo

From totalitario (“totalitarian”) + -ismo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /totalitaˈɾismo/ [t̪o.t̪a.li.t̪aˈɾiz.mo]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ismo
• Syllabification: to‧ta‧li‧ta‧ris‧mo

Noun

totalitarismo m (plural totalitarismos)

1. (politics) totalitarianism (political system where the state wields absolute control)

Related terms

• totalitarista

Further reading

• “totalitarismo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025