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English

Adjective

totalitarian

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. For example a dictatorship such as the Nazi regime.

Category:Government

Translations

Dutch: totalitair, totalitaire
Finnish: totalitaarinen
Greek: ολοκληρωτικός (oloklirotikos)
Portuguese: totalitário

ku:totalitarian lo:totalitarian vi:totalitarian tr:totalitarian

WordNet totalitarian
adj 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"-
Arthur M.Schlesinger, Jr.
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" [syn: totalistic]

Moby Dictionary
absolute , absolutist , arbitrary , aristocratic , ascendant ,
authoritarian , authoritative , authorized , autocratic , autonomous ,
bureaucratic , civic , civil , clothed with authority , commanding ,
competent , consequential , considerable , constitutional ,
controlling , democratic , despotic , dictatorial , dominant ,
duly constituted , eminent , empowered , ex officio , fascist , federal ,
federalist , federalistic , governing , governmental , great ,
gubernatorial , hegemonic , hegemonistic , heteronomous , illiberal ,
imperative , important , influential , leading , matriarchal ,
matriarchic , mighty , momentous , monarchal , monarchial , monarchic ,
monocratic , monolithic , official , oligarchal , oligarchic ,
oppressive , parliamentarian , parliamentary , patriarchal ,
patriarchic , pluralistic , political , potent , powerful , preeminent ,
prestigious , prominent , puissant , ranking , republican , ruling ,
self-governing , senior , substantial , superior , supreme , theocratic ,
total , tyrannical , undemocratic , unlimited , weighty