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totalitarian definition

to·tali·tar·ian (tō tal′ə ter′ē ən, tō′tal-)

adjective

  1. designating, of, or characteristic of a government or state in which one political party or group maintains complete control under a dictatorship and bans all others
  2. completely authoritarian, autocratic, dictatorial, etc.

Etymology: total + (author)itarian

noun

a person who favors such a government or state

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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