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Antonyms for totalitarian

Grammar : Adj
Spell : toh-tal-i-tair-ee-uh n
Phonetic Transcription : toʊˌtæl ɪˈtɛər i ən

Definition of totalitarian

Origin :
  • 1926, first in reference to Italian fascism, formed in English on model of Italian totalitario "complete, absolute, totalitarian," from the Italian cognate of English total (adj.). The noun is recorded from 1938.
  • adj dictatorial
Example sentences :
  • Convince her its governments were evil, totalitarian, when in reality they were democratic?
  • Extract from : « A World Called Crimson » by Darius John Granger
  • The totalitarian era is passing, its old ideas blown away like leaves from an ancient, lifeless tree.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • Modern China faces more than political problems; a totalitarian revolution has engulfed it.
  • Extract from : « Government in Republican China » by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger
  • The totalitarian state does not recognize personal liberties for the individual.
  • Extract from : « Readings on Fascism and National Socialism » by Various
  • The concept of private property in the totalitarian state is also at variance with the democratic concept of private property.
  • Extract from : « Readings on Fascism and National Socialism » by Various
  • The Weimar Constitution provided the Nazis with a convenient basis for the establishment of the totalitarian state.
  • Extract from : « Readings on Fascism and National Socialism » by Various
  • The legal system in these countries is biased against the individual, antiquated and totalitarian.
  • Extract from : « After the Rain » by Sam Vaknin
  • This totalitarian trading system insures that foreign trade serves the purposes of the state.
  • Extract from : « East-West Trade Trends » by Harold E. Stassen
  • In the totalitarian East there is political censorship, and the media of mass communications are controlled by the State.
  • Extract from : « Freedom » by Dallas McCord Reynolds
  • They would then be free to impose their will and spread their totalitarian ideology.
  • Extract from : « State of the Union Addresses of George W. Bush » by George W. Bush

Synonyms for totalitarian

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