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1. WordNet® 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

Thesaurus Results for totalitarian:

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