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ab·so·lute pow·er
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absolute powernoun
Complete authority to act in an area, not restrained by supervision or review.
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Absolute Power
Absolute Power is a British comedy series, set in the offices of Prentiss McCabe, a fictional public relations company in London, run by Charles Prentiss and Martin McCabe. It started in 2000 on BBC Radio 4, with the fourth and last radio series broadcast in 2004. A six-part television series ran on BBC Two towards the end of 2003; the second six-episode television series ran on BBC Two on Thursdays at 10 pm from 21 July to 25 August 2005. A one-off radio episode was broadcast on 3 November 2006. The title is taken from a quotation by the historian Lord Acton that "power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely".
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of absolute power in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of absolute power in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of absolute power in a Sentence
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power.
(Kim) said everyone should remember that it is the (ruling) partys core plan and unwavering determination to build a powerful force strong enough to discourage any forces from daring to provoke us and to leave any opponent defenseless against our Juche weapons of absolute power even in situations of physical clashes.
And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangstersget control. History has proven that. All power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
If we give the bureaucrats absolute power, in the coming years will see the government uses the quill instead of the pen .
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