totalitarian

Meanings

Plural: totalitarians

Noun

an adherent of totalitarian principles or totalitarian government
An advocate of totalitarianism.

Adjective Satellite

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

Adjective

of or relating to the principles of totalitarianism according to which the state regulates every realm of life
- "totalitarian theory and practice"

Adj

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.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

totalistic

Scrabble Score: 12

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Words With Friends Score: 14

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