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Where does “totalitarian” come from?

totalitarian (English) comes from Italian totalitario — totalitarian; total, complete.

totalitarian (English): Of or relating to a system of government where...

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to a system of government where...

Ancestry of “totalitarian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantotalitariototalitarian; total, complete

Words derived from “totalitarian”

  • totalitarianism
  • antitotalitarian
  • antitotalitarianism
  • nontotalitarian
  • totalitarianist
  • totalitarianize
Every word from Italian totalitario →