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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an adherent of totalitarian principles or totalitarian government;


ADJECTIVE (2)

1. characterized by a government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control;
- Example: "a totalitarian regime crushes all autonomous institutions in its drive to seize the human soul"- Arthur M.Schlesinger, Jr.

2. of or relating to the principles of totalitarianism according to which the state regulates every realm of life;
- Example: "totalitarian theory and practice"
- Example: "operating in a totalistic fashion"
[syn: totalitarian, totalistic]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

totalitarian
    adj 1: 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.
    2: 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]
    n 1: an adherent of totalitarian principles or totalitarian
         government