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单词 totalitarian
释义 to·tal·i·tar·i·an
I. \(ˌ)tō|talə|terēən, -|ta(a)r-, -|tār- sometimes |tōd.ələ|- or -ōtəl-\ adjective
Etymology: total (I) + -itarian (as in authoritarian)
1.
 a. : of or relating to centralized control by an autocratic leader or hierarchy : authoritarian, dictatorial
  < totalitarian theory and practice are solidly opposed to any institutional division of power — C.J.Friedrich >
  < fascism … is totalitarian by necessity — Carlo Sforza >
 especially : despotic
  < Sparta's militarist totalitarian dictatorship — Peter Viereck >
 b. : of or relating to a political regime based on subordination of the individual to the state and strict control of all aspects of the life and productive capacity of the nation especially by coercive measures (as censorship and terrorism)
  < the limited state, the agent of man, has been converted to the totalitarian state, the master of man — C.P.Patterson >
  < will Europe in the future be totalitarian and collectivist, or will it be democratic and individualist — C.J.Friedrich >
2.
 a. : advocating or characteristic of totalitarianism
  < totalitarian liberal >
  < the totalitarian concept that the end justifies the means — J.W.Fulbright >
  < cracks down on free speech and free press with totalitarian ease — Time >
  < seize power … by force and make Greece Communist, with the totalitarian liquidation of all opponents — Sir Winston Churchill >
 b. : completely regulated by the state especially as an aid to national mobilization in an emergency
  < it accomplishes a totalitarian control of atomic energy for the time being — A.H.Vandenberg †1951 >
  < almost all governments adopt totalitarian measures in time of war — John Gunther >
 c. : exercising autocratic powers : tending toward monopoly
  < by its very nature … religion is totalitarian — J.S.Roucek >
  < antitrust legislation … to reverse the trend toward the totalitarian collectivism of big business — Journal of Politics >
3. : total 3c
 < a totalitarian war, striking at civilians more than at armies — New York Times >
II. noun
(-s)
: an advocate or practitioner of totalitarianism
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