'totalitarian' definitions:
Definition of 'totalitarian'
From: WordNet
adjective
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.
adjective
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: totalitarian, totalistic]
noun
An adherent of totalitarian principles or totalitarian government
Synonyms of 'totalitarian'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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