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Synonyms & Antonyms of totalitarian
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- A totalitarian state that did not even allow outsiders to visit.
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for totalitarian
- absolute,
- arbitrary,
- autocratic
- (also autocratical),
- czarist
- (also tsarist or tzarist),
- despotic,
- dictatorial,
- monocratic,
- tyrannical
- (also tyrannic),
- tyrannous
- autonomous,
- self-governing,
- self-ruling,
- sovereign
- (also sovran)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for totalitarian
totalitarian
nounSynonyms of totalitarian (Entry 2 of 2)
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for totalitarian
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