All totalitarian synonyms
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T t noun totalitarian
- hitler — Adolf [ad-olf,, ey-dolf;; German ah-dawlf] /ˈæd ɒlf,, ˈeɪ dɒlf;; German ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), (Adolf Schicklgruber"der Führer") 1889–1945, Nazi dictator of Germany, born in Austria: Chancellor 1933–45; dictator 1934–45.
- fuehrer — Führer.
- 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.
- nazi — a member of the National Socialist German Workers' Party, which controlled Germany from 1933 to 1945 under Adolf Hitler and advocated totalitarian government, territorial expansion, anti-Semitism, and Aryan supremacy, all these leading directly to World War II and the Holocaust.
- nazis — a member of the National Socialist German Workers' Party, which controlled Germany from 1933 to 1945 under Adolf Hitler and advocated totalitarian government, territorial expansion, anti-Semitism, and Aryan supremacy, all these leading directly to World War II and the Holocaust.
- fuhrer — leader.
- absolutists — the principle or the exercise of complete and unrestricted power in government.
- man on horseback — a military leader who presents himself as the savior of the country during a period of crisis and either assumes or threatens to assume dictatorial powers.
- fascist — a person who believes in or sympathizes with fascism.
- oligarch — one of the rulers in an oligarchy.
- 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
- autocrat — An autocrat is a person in authority who has complete power.
adj totalitarian
- all out — not at one's home or place of employment; absent: I stopped by to visit you last night, but you were out.
- dictatorial — Dictatorial means controlled or used by a dictator.
- monocratic — government by only one person; autocracy.
- all-encompassing — all-embracing.
- absolute — Absolute means total and complete.
- ironhanded — having or governing with an iron hand.
- authoritarian — If you describe a person or an organization as authoritarian, you are critical of them controlling everything rather than letting people decide things for themselves.
- absolutist — the principle or the exercise of complete and unrestricted power in government.
- absolutistic — relating to absolutism or absolutists
- crack the whip — to assert one's authority, esp to put people under pressure to work harder
- autarchic — absolute sovereignty.
- monarchical — of, like, or pertaining to a monarch or monarchy.
adjective totalitarian
- autocratical — Autocratic.
- megalomaniac — a person afflicted with megalomania.