Definitions for absolutismˈæb sə luˌtɪz əm
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ab•so•lut•ismˈæb sə luˌtɪz əm(n.)
the principle or the exercise of unrestricted power in government.
Category: Government
any theory holding that values, principles, etc., are absolute and not relative, dependent, or changeable.
Origin of absolutism:
1745–55
ab`so•lu•tis′tic(adj.)
Princeton's WordNet
absolutism, tyranny, despotism(noun)
dominance through threat of punishment and violence
dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny(noun)
a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
absolutism, totalitarianism, totalism(noun)
the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government
absolutism(noun)
the doctrine of an absolute being
Wiktionary
absolutism(Noun)
The principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; despotism.
absolutism(Noun)
Doctrine of absolute decrees. - Ash
absolutism(Noun)
The state of being absolute; the system or doctrine of the absolute;
Origin: First attested in 1753 for the theology sense, and 1830 for the political sense.
Webster Dictionary
Absolutism(noun)
the state of being absolute; the system or doctrine of the absolute; the principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; despotism
Absolutism(noun)
doctrine of absolute decrees
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