totalitarian

• Qui se rapporte à un système de gouvernement centralisé et dictatorial exigeant la soumission totale de l'individu à l'État.

Relating to a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.

1. Absolute centralized controlC1formalpolitical

   Relating to a system of government where the ruling authority has total and centralized control over all aspects of public and private life.

   totalitaire (régime)

   • The totalitarian regime suppressed all forms of dissent.
   • Citizens in a totalitarian state have no political freedoms.
   • The novel depicts life under a totalitarian government.

   Synonymesabsolutistauthoritarianautocraticdespoticdictatorialfascistmonolithicone-partytyrannicalundemocratic

   Antonymesdemocraticliberalpluralistic

2. State regulation of all lifeC1formalpolitical

   Of or relating to the principle that the state should regulate every aspect of human existence, including personal beliefs and behaviors.

   totalitaire (régime, État)

   • Totalitarian ideologies demand complete loyalty to the state.
   • The government's totalitarian policies extended into education and the arts.
   • Under totalitarian rule, even private thoughts were monitored.

   Synonymesabsoluteauthoritarianautocraticdespoticdictatorialoppressivetyrannical

• Nom désignant une personne qui soutient ou prône un système de gouvernement centralisé et dictatorial exigeant la soumission totale de l'individu à l'État.

A noun referring to a person who supports or advocates for a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial, requiring complete subservience to the state.

1. Adherent of totalitarianismC1formalpolitical

   A person who supports or advocates for a system of government that requires total control over public and private life, with no opposition allowed.

   Partisan du totalitarisme

   • The totalitarian demanded absolute loyalty to the state.
   • Historians study how totalitarians consolidate power through fear.
   • The regime's totalitarians suppressed all forms of dissent.

   Synonymesauthoritarianautocratdespotdictatortyrant