what does totalitarian mean?
TOTALITARIAN as ADJECTIVE
- Meaning
- characterized by a government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control
Usage Example(s)
- a totalitarian regime crushes all autonomous institutions in its drive to seize the human soul- Arthur M.Schlesinger, Jr.
Similar To
- Meaning
- of or relating to the principles of totalitarianism according to which the state regulates every realm of life
Synonym(s)
Usage Example(s)
- totalitarian theory and practice
- operating in a totalistic fashion
Pertainym(s)
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