Totalitarian

[,təʊtælɪ'teərɪən;tə(ʊ),tælɪ-] or [to,tælə'tɛrɪən]

Definition

(noun.) an adherent of totalitarian principles or totalitarian government.

(adj.) 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. .

(adj.) 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' .

Edited by Blair--From WordNet