totalitarian
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an adherent of totalitarian principles or totalitarian government
Types & categories
- disciple hypernym
Sense 2 adjective
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
Related & opposite
- undemocratic similar to
Sense 3 adjective
of or relating to the principles of totalitarianism according to which the state regulates every realm of life
totalitarian theory and practice
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | disciple |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | undemocratic |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | totalism |
| 3 | pertains to | Related & opposite | totalism |