totalitarian
from
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
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
83 Moby Thesaurus words for "totalitarian":
absolute, absolutist, arbitrary, aristocratic, ascendant,
authoritarian, authoritative, authorized, autocratic, autonomous,
bureaucratic, civic, civil, clothed with authority, commanding,
competent, consequential, considerable, constitutional,
controlling, democratic, despotic, dictatorial, dominant,
duly constituted, eminent, empowered, ex officio, fascist, federal,
federalist, federalistic, governing, governmental, great,
gubernatorial, hegemonic, hegemonistic, heteronomous, illiberal,
imperative, important, influential, leading, matriarchal,
matriarchic, mighty, momentous, monarchal, monarchial, monarchic,
monocratic, monolithic, official, oligarchal, oligarchic,
oppressive, parliamentarian, parliamentary, patriarchal,
patriarchic, pluralistic, political, potent, powerful, preeminent,
prestigious, prominent, puissant, ranking, republican, ruling,
self-governing, senior, substantial, superior, supreme, theocratic,
total, tyrannical, undemocratic, unlimited, weighty
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