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TOTALITARIAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An adherent of totalitarian principles or totalitarian government
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("totalitarian" is a kind of...):
adherent; disciple (someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Characterized by a government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control
Example:
a totalitarian regime crushes all autonomous institutions in its drive to seize the human soul
Classified under:
Similar:
undemocratic (not in agreement with or according to democratic doctrine or practice or ideals)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or relating to the principles of totalitarianism according to which the state regulates every realm of life
Example:
operating in a totalistic fashion
Synonyms:
totalistic; totalitarian
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
totalitarianism (the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government)
