| totalitarian | (n) an adherent of totalitarian principles or totalitarian government |
| totalitarian | (adj) characterized by a government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control; - Arthur M.Schlesinger, Jr., Example: a totalitarian regime crushes all autonomous institutions in its drive to seize the human soul |
| totalitarian | (adj) of or relating to the principles of totalitarianism according to which the state regulates every realm of life, Syn. totalistic, Example: totalitarian theory and practice; operating in a totalistic fashion |
| totalitarian state | (n) a government that subordinates the individual to the state and strictly controls all aspects of life by coercive measures, Syn. totalitation regime |
