totalitarian

英 [,t??t?l?'te?r??n; t?(?),t?l?-] 美[to,t?l?'t?r??n]
  • adj. 極權(quán)主義的
  • n. 極權(quán)主義者

英英釋意


1. characterized by a government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control;
"a totalitarian regime crushes all autonomous institutions in its drive to seize the human soul"- Arthur M.Schlesinger, Jr.
2. of or relating to the principles of totalitarianism according to which the state regulates every realm of life;
"totalitarian theory and practice"
"operating in a totalistic fashion"