Totalitarian democracy, or anarcho-monarchism, is a term popularized by Israeli historian J. L. Talmon to refer to a system of government in which lawfully elected representatives maintain the integrity of a nation state whose citizens, while granted the right to vote, have little or no participation in the decision-making process of the government. The phrase had previously been used by Bertrand de Jouvenel and E.H. Carr, and subsequently by F. William Engdahl and Sheldon S. Wolin.
: a transparent or translucent mineral of different colors that consists of the fluoride of calcium and is used especially as a steelmaking flux and in the making of opalescent and opaque glasses. See fluorite defined for kids.
Re: Helenite..Don't Be Fooled! Helenite is glass in the same sense that natural obsidian is glass. Helenite is synthesized from ash from Mount Saint Helens. It is an absolutely beautiful material - especially the stones that are four carats or more. I own scores of different types of natural gems - including zultanite, color change garnet, apatite. I never - almost never - buy synthetic stones, but helenite is absolutely gorgeous. I have become a fan.