totalitarian

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun an adherent of totalitarian principles or totalitarian government
  2. adjective characterized by a government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control; - Arthur M.Schlesinger, Jr.
  3. adjective of or relating to the principles of totalitarianism according to which the state regulates every realm of life

Etymology

From Italian totalitario (“complete, absolute, totalitarian”) + -an. Equivalent to totality + -arian.

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