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Another word for totalitarian

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Adjective

  1. Characterized by or favoring absolute obedience to authority

    See also:

    over

  2. Having and exercising complete political power and control

    See also:

    politics

    over

Noun

  1. One who imposes or favors absolute obedience to authority

    See also:

    over

  2. An absolute ruler, especially one who is harsh and oppressive

    See also:

    over

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Another word for totalitarian

Modifier
  1. See also:

    tyrannical

    autocratic

    absolute

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Sentence Examples

  • The citizens were relieved to see the old totalitarian regime overthrown.

  • Our government has began to lean continually more totalitarian during the past decade.

  • The films were often subtle allegory of the totalitarian society, and they functioned as a subversive voice within the state-controlled production.

  • "V" is a masked man on a double quest: he seeks revenge for his own tortured past; and he wants to overturn the futuristic totalitarian British government through the combined power of chaos and the will of the people.

  • Is a totalitarian society controlled by overpowering soul-less entities, whether government, religion or corporation?

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