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1. (adj.) totalitarian
noting or pertaining to a centralized government that does not tolerate parties of differing opinion and that exercises dictatorial control over many aspects of life.
2. totalitarian
exercising control over the freedom, will, or thought of others; authoritarian; autocratic.
3. (n.) totalitarian
an adherent of totalitarian principles or government.
Etymology: (1925–30)
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1. (adj) totalitarian
an adherent of totalitarian principles or totalitarian government
2. (adj) totalitarian
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.
3. (adj) totalitarian, totalistic
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"
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