totalitarian

adjective

How 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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