Webster's English Dictionary

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totalitarian

to.tal.i.tar.i.an \(.)to--.tal-*-'ter-e--*n\ \-e--*-.niz-*m\ \-.ni-z\ aj 
   [total + -itarian (as in authoritarian)] 1a: of or relating to centralized 
   control by an autocratic leader or hiera rchy : AUTHORITARIAN, DICTATORIAL; 
   esp : DESPOTIC 1b: of or relating to a political regime based on 
   subordination of the ind ividual to the state and strict control of all 
   aspects of the life and productive capacity of the nation esp. by coercive 
   measures (as censorship and terrorism) 2a: advocating or characteristic of 
   totalitarianism  2b: completely regulated by the state esp. as an aid to 
   national mobilizat ion in an emergency 2c: exercising autocratic powers : 
   tending toward monopoly  - totalitarian n