totalitarian
adjectiveHow many syllables in totalitarian?
There are 6 syllables in the word totalitarian.How to pronounce totalitarian:
Definition of totalitarian:
- totalitarian (adjective):
- despotic
- of or relating to centralized control by an autocratic leader or hierarchy authoritarian, dictatorial
- characterized by a government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control.
- of a political system in which there is only one party, which allows no opposition and attempts to control everything
Synonyms for totalitarian:
adherent
antidemocratic
arbitrary
authoritarian
autocratic
autonomous
czarist
despotic
dictatorial
domineering
jackbooted
monolithic
one-party
oppressive
sovereign
tsarist
tyrannic
tyrannical
tyrannous
undemocratic
Antonyms for totalitarian:
autarchic
autonomous
classless
constitutional
democratic
egalitarian
elected
equable
equal
equitable
fair
free
freestanding
independent
just
liberal
libertarian
limited
of the people
parliamentary
partial
popular
populist
representative
republican
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