totalitarian meaning and definition

TOTALITARIAN noun

Definition of totalitarian (noun)

1. an adherent of totalitarian principles or totalitarian government

TOTALITARIAN adjective

Definition of totalitarian (adjective)

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"
   • synonyms: totalistic