arbitrary vs totalitarian

arbitrary

adj
  • Not representative or symbolic; not iconic. 

  • Determined by independent arbiter. 

  • Determined by impulse rather than reason; heavy-handed. 

  • Based on individual discretion or judgment; not based on any objective distinction, perhaps even made at random. 

  • Any, out of all that are possible. 

noun
  • Anything arbitrary, such as an arithmetical value or a fee. 

totalitarian

noun
  • An advocate of totalitarianism. 

adj
  • 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. 

How often have the words arbitrary and totalitarian occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )