totalitarian
pronunciation
How to pronounce totalitarian in British English:
UK [təʊˌtæləˈteəriən]
How to pronounce totalitarian in American English:
US [toʊˌtæləˈteriən]
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- Adjective:
- characterized by a government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control
- of or relating to the principles of totalitarianism according to which the state regulates every realm of life
Word Origin
- totalitarian (adj.)
- 1926, first in reference to Italian fascism, formed in English on model of Italian totalitario "complete, absolute, totalitarian," from total (adj.) + ending from authoritarian. The noun is recorded from 1938.
Example
- 1. Totalitarian regimes the world over are terrified of exposure .
- 2. The totalitarian ones are both sicker and harder to dislodge .
- 3. Eg. almost all government adopt totalitarian measures in time of war .
- 4. Valiant insects try to repel totalitarian invaders .
- 5. It suggests that the us political system can be described as totalitarian .