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

[ Syn: totalistic ]

an adherent of totalitarian principles or totalitarian government

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.