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totalitarian

to·tal·i·tar·i·an
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [toh-tal-i-tair-ee-uh n]
    • /toʊˌtæl ɪˈtɛər i ən/
    • /təʊˌtæl.ɪˈteə.ri.ən/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [toh-tal-i-tair-ee-uh n]
    • /toʊˌtæl ɪˈtɛər i ən/

Definitions of totalitarian word

  • adjective totalitarian of or relating to a centralized government that does not tolerate parties of differing opinion and that exercises dictatorial control over many aspects of life. 1
  • adjective totalitarian exercising control over the freedom, will, or thought of others; authoritarian; autocratic. 1
  • noun totalitarian an adherent of totalitarianism. 1
  • adjective totalitarian dictatorial, controlling 1
  • noun totalitarian dictator 1
  • adjective totalitarian A totalitarian political system is one in which there is only one political party which controls everything and does not allow any opposition parties. 0
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Origin of totalitarian

First appearance:

before 1925
One of the 11% newest English words
First recorded in 1925-30; totalit(y) + -arian

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Parts of speech for Totalitarian

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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totalitarian popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for totalitarian

adj totalitarian

  • absolute — Absolute means total and complete.
  • absolutist — the principle or the exercise of complete and unrestricted power in government.
  • absolutistic — relating to absolutism or absolutists
  • all out — not at one's home or place of employment; absent: I stopped by to visit you last night, but you were out.
  • all-encompassing — all-embracing.

noun totalitarian

  • absolutists — the principle or the exercise of complete and unrestricted power in government.
  • autocrat — An autocrat is a person in authority who has complete power.
  • big brother — People sometimes use Big Brother to refer to a person, government, or organization when they think it has complete control over people and is always checking what they do.
  • caesar — Gaius Julius (ˈɡaɪəs ˈdʒuːlɪəs). 100–44 bc, Roman general, statesman, and historian. He formed the first triumvirate with Pompey and Crassus (60), conquered Gaul (58–50), invaded Britain (55–54), mastered Italy (49), and defeated Pompey (46). As dictator of the Roman Empire (49–44) he destroyed the power of the corrupt Roman nobility. He also introduced the Julian calendar and planned further reforms, but fear of his sovereign power led to his assassination (44) by conspirators led by Marcus Brutus and Cassius Longinus
  • dictator — A dictator is a ruler who has complete power in a country, especially power which was obtained by force and is used unfairly or cruelly.

adjective totalitarian

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  • big brother

    People sometimes use Big Brother to refer to a person, government, or organization when they think it has complete control over people and is always checking what they do.

  • brainwashing

    the process of brainwashing.

  • communism

    advocacy of a classless society in which private ownership has been abolished and the means of production and subsistence belong to the community

  • dictatorial

    Dictatorial means controlled or used by a dictator.

  • orwellian

    of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling the literary work of George Orwell or the totalitarian future described in his antiutopian novel 1984 (1949).

  • parasitism

    Biology. a relation between organisms in which one lives as a parasite on another.
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