Definitions of totalitarian:

  • adjective:   of or relating to the principles of totalitarianism according to which the state regulates every realm of life
    Example: "Totalitarian theory and practice"
  • adjective:   characterized by a government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control
    Example: "A totalitarian regime crushes all autonomous institutions in its drive to seize the human soul- Arthur M.Schlesinger, Jr."