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Totalitarian Common

Totalitarian has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

an adherent of totalitarian principles or totalitarian government

2

An advocate of totalitarianism.

Adjective
1

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"

2

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"

3

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.

Example Sentences
"a totalitarian regime crushes all autonomous institutions in its drive to seize the human soul" adjective
"totalitarian theory and practice" adjective
"operating in a totalistic fashion" adjective
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
disciple

Origin

The word comes from the Italian totalitario, meaning complete or absolute, combined with the suffix -an. It is equivalent to the English combination of "totality" and "-arian".

Rhyming Words
ian sian jian bian rian dian qian kian vian xian gian lian asian elian brian ilian apian arian avian chian
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