adj, noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An advocate of totalitarianism.
2. 2
   an adherent of totalitarian principles or totalitarian government wordnet

Adjective

1. 1
   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.

   "The divine truth is stronger than totalitarian falsehoods."

Adjective

1. 1
   characterized by a government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control wordnet
2. 2
   of or relating to the principles of totalitarianism according to which the state regulates every realm of life wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

undemocraticabsoluteabsolutistall outarbitraryaristocratic

Example

More examples

"The totalitarian era is passing, its old ideas blown away like leaves from an ancient, lifeless tree."

Etymology

From Italian totalitario (“complete, absolute, totalitarian”) + -an. Equivalent to totality + -arian.

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