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Tyranny of a tsar not working with militia (15)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

totalitarianism

'tyranny' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'a tsar not working with militia' is the wordplay.
'working with' indicates anagramming the letters (working with the letters).
'a'+'tsar'+'not'='atsarnot'
'atsarnot' with its letters anagrammed with 'militia' makes 'TOTALITARIANISM'.

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for totalitarianism that I've seen before include "Dictatorship" , "Allowing no opposition" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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