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Totalitarian vs Communist - What's the difference?

totalitarian | communist |

As adjectives the difference between totalitarian and communist

is that totalitarian is 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 while communist is relating to a (nominally) communist party.

As nouns the difference between totalitarian and communist

is that totalitarian is an advocate of totalitarianism while communist is a member of a (nominally) communist party.

totalitarian

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • 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

    (en noun)
  • An advocate of totalitarianism.

    • Related terms

    * (l)

    communist

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating communism.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An advocate of a society based on the common ownership of property; a proponent of communism.
  • (nonstandard) Any revolutionary or subversive radical.