to|tal|i|tar|i|an

to|tal|i|tar|i|an
to|tal|i|tar|i|an «toh TAL uh TAIR ee uhn», adjective, noun.
–adjective.
of or having to do with a government controlled by one political group which suppresses all opposition, often with force, and which controls many aspects of people's lives. A totalitarian government usually regulates what goods are produced by industry, what radio and television programs are broadcast, what books may be published, and puts severe controls on private life. Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy had totalitarian systems of government. »

In a totalitarian state the goal is to serve the needs of an expanding industrial order and the complexities of a bureaucratic government (Science News Letter).

–noun.
a person in favor of totalitarian principles.
╂[< total + (author)itarian]

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