how to pronounce totalitarian

/təʊˌtæl.ɪˈtɛə.ɹi.ən/

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totalitarian is pronounced in six syllables

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An example use of totalitarian in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… yes totalitarian and they they want is …”

meanings of totalitarian

adjective:

Of or relating to a system of government where the people have virtually no authority and the state wields absolute control of every aspect of the country, socially, financially and politically.

noun:

An advocate of totalitarianism.

totalitarian frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word totalitarian occurs in english on average 1.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics totalitarian can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that totalitarian can be often used in the following areas:

1) education, science, and technology;