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totalitarian

[ toh-tal-i-tair-ee-uhn ]

adjective

  1. 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.
  2. exercising control over the freedom, will, or thought of others; authoritarian; autocratic.


noun

  1. an adherent of totalitarianism.

totalitarian

/ əʊˌæɪˈɛəɪə /

adjective

  1. of, denoting, relating to, or characteristic of a dictatorial one-party state that regulates every realm of life
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a person who advocates or practises totalitarian policies
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ٴˌٲˈٲԾ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • t·ٴ·ٲi·ٲi· adjective
  • ԴDzt·ٲi·ٲi· adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of totalitarian1

First recorded in 1925–30; totalit(y) + -arian
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of totalitarian1

from totality + -arian
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Radiation Survivors, “Shakespeare insightfully realized that disposing of lawyers is a step in the direction of a totalitarian form of government.”

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It started as a bulwark of truth first against Nazis, but later against authoritarian and totalitarian regimes around the globe.

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Thinkers like George Orwell and Hannah Arendt addressed this question decades ago, noting that the erosion of privacy is a hallmark of exploitative systems — such as plantation slavery, totalitarian regimes like Nazi Germany and patriarchy.

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But it’s really the same, because the totalitarian government is trying to take away our free choice, how to think and how to create.”

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The totalitarian subject thrives in a milieu of manufactured crises and engineered divisions, where cruelty becomes virtue and the lust for domination is mistaken for strength.

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