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- Italian · derived fromtotalitario“complete, absolute, totalitarian”
- English todaytotalitarian
From Italian totalitario (“complete, absolute, totalitarian”) + -an. Equivalent to totality + -arian.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: Of or relating to a system of government where the people have virtually no authority and the state wields absolute control of every aspect of the country, socially, financially, and politically. Full definition →
From Italian totalitario (“complete, absolute, totalitarian”) + -an. Equivalent to totality + -arian.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.