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totalitarian(dictionary)

totalitarian (iou)



totalitarian adjective & noun. E20.
[from TOTALITY + -ARIAN, after Italian totalitario.]
A. adjective. Of or pertaining to an authoritarian system of government which tolerates only one political party, to which all other institutions are subordinated, and which usu. demands the complete subservience of the individual to the State. E20.
b. noun. A leader or member of a totalitarian party; an adherent or advocate of totalitarianism. M20.
totalitarianism noun totalitarian theory and practice; the advocacy of totalitarian government; transf. authoritarianism; monolithic character: E20.
totalitariani'zation noun the action or process of making something totalitarian; the fact of becoming totalitarian: M20.