Etymology

totalitarian

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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 →

Italian totalitario
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  1. Italian · derived fromtotalitario“complete, absolute, totalitarian”
  2. English todaytotalitarian

From Italian totalitario (“complete, absolute, totalitarian”) + -an. Equivalent to totality + -arian.

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