totalitarian
英[,təʊtælɪ'teərɪən;tə(ʊ),tælɪ-]
美[to,tælə'tɛrɪən]
英英释意
- 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"