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totalitarian
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[ adjective ] (politics) characterized by a government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control
Examples "a totalitarian regime crushes all autonomous institutions in its drive to seize the human soul"- Arthur M.Schlesinger, Jr. Used in print (Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)This seems like an attitude favoring a sort of totalitarian bureaucracy which , under a President of the same stamp , would try to coerce an uncooperative Congress or Supreme_Court . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] of or relating to the principles of totalitarianism according to which the state regulates every realm of life
Synonyms Examples "totalitarian theory and practice" "operating in a totalistic fashion" Related terms |
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