Totalitarian Synonyms and Antonyms

tō-tălĭ-târē-ən
Characterized by or favoring absolute obedience to authority
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. authoritarian
  2. despotic
  3. autocratic
  4. dictatorial
  5. tyrannical
  6. absolute
  7. totalistic
  8. tyrannic
  9. fascist
Antonyms:
  1. democratic
Without limit in authority
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. fascistic
One who imposes or favors absolute obedience to authority
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. authoritarian
  2. autocrat
  3. despot
  4. dictator
  5. martinet
  6. tyrant
An absolute ruler, especially one who is harsh and oppressive
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. big brother
  2. despot
  3. dictator
  4. führer
  5. man on horseback
  6. oppressor
  7. strongman
  8. tyrant

Words Related to Totalitarian

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Totalitarian Sentence Examples

  • The citizens were relieved to see the oldtotalitarian regime overthrown.

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

  • We'll all be living in a Rupert Murdoch owned totalitarian dystopia by then anyway!

  • The bureaucratic totalitarian system with its sclerotic economy was not attractive to the masses in Western Europe, America and Japan.

  • Their totalitarian regime held much of Europe captive behind an iron curtain.

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