totalitarian /tō-tăl″ĭ-târ′ē-ən//tō-tăl″ĭ-târ′ē-ən/
adjective
- Of, relating to, being, or imposing a form of government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control over all aspects of life, the individual is subordinated to the state, and opposing political and cultural expression is suppressed.
- 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.
- Characterized by a government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control.
adjective
- Of, relating to, being, or imposing a form of government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control over all aspects of life, the individual is subordinated to the state, and opposing political and cultural expression is suppressed.
- 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.
- Characterized by a government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control.
- Of or relating to the principles of totalitarianism according to which the state regulates every realm of life.
"operating in a totalistic fashion"
noun
- A practitioner or supporter of such a government.
- An advocate of totalitarianism.
- An adherent of totalitarian principles or totalitarian government.
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