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totalitarian
totalitarian [ tō tálli táiri ən ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
centralized and dictatorial: relating to or operating a centralized government system in which a single party without opposition rules over political, economic, social, and cultural life
[Early 20th century. <totality after authoritarian]

totalitarian noun
totalitarianism noun
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