TOTALITARIAN

totalitarian

(adjective) characterized by a government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control; “a totalitarian regime crushes all autonomous institutions in its drive to seize the human soul”- Arthur M.Schlesinger, Jr.

totalitarian, totalistic

(adjective) of or relating to the principles of totalitarianism according to which the state regulates every realm of life; “totalitarian theory and practice”; “operating in a totalistic fashion”

totalitarian

(noun) an adherent of totalitarian principles or totalitarian government

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

totalitarian (comparative more totalitarian, superlative most totalitarian)

Of or relating to a system of government where the people have virtually no authority and the state wields absolute control of every aspect of the country, socially, financially and politically.

Noun

totalitarian (plural totalitarians)

An advocate of totalitarianism.

Source: Wiktionary



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