Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • 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.
  • noun A practitioner or supporter of such a government.

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  • adjective 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.
  • noun An advocate of totalitarianism.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun an adherent of totalitarian principles or totalitarian government
  • adjective characterized by a government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control
  • adjective of or relating to the principles of totalitarianism according to which the state regulates every realm of life

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[total + (author)itarian.]

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From Italian totalitario ("complete, absolute, totalitarian") +‎ -an

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Examples

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  • As a sometime teacher of political science and international law, I do not use the term totalitarian loosely.

    VDARE.com: Blog Articles 2009

  • As a sometime teacher of political science and international law, I do not use the term totalitarian loosely.

    VDARE.com: Blog Articles 2009

  • As a sometime teacher of political science and international law, I do not use the term totalitarian loosely.

    WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2009

  • As a sometime teacher of political science and international law, I do not use the term totalitarian loosely.

    National Policy Institute 2009

  • As a sometime teacher of political science and international law, I do not use the term totalitarian loosely.

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  • As a sometime teacher of political science and international law, I do not use the term totalitarian loosely.

    Signs of the Times 2009

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