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Princeton's WordNet

  1. absolutistadjective

    one who advocates absolutism

  2. absolutist, absolutisticadjective

    pertaining to the principle of totalitarianism

Wiktionary

  1. absolutistnoun

    One who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic government.

  2. absolutistnoun

    One who believes that it is possible to realize a cognition or concept of the absolute. - Sir. W. Hamilton

  3. absolutistadjective

    Of or pertaining to absolutism; arbitrary; despotic; as, absolutist principles.

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  1. absolutist

    Absolutist is a term generally used to describe someone who holds absolute principles in political, philosophical, ethical, or theological matters. This means they maintain an uncompromising belief in particular principles, rules, or ideologies, asserting the existence of absolute truth or absolute moral principles. This can apply to various fields like politics, where an absolutist may advocate for absolute rule or monarchy, or in ethics, where an absolutist believes in fixed ethical principles that are universally applicable.

  2. absolutist

    An absolutist is a person who holds absolute principles in political, philosophical, or theological matters. They believe in the concept of absolute truths or rules, allowing no exception or flexibility. Absolutists assert the existence of certain laws, doctrines, or values that are universally applicable and not subject to interpretation or situational factors.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Absolutistnoun

    one who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic government

  2. Absolutistnoun

    one who believes that it is possible to realize a cognition or concept of the absolute

  3. Absolutistadjective

    of or pertaining to absolutism; arbitrary; despotic; as, absolutist principles

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of absolutist in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of absolutist in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of absolutist in a Sentence

  1. Ling Chengxing:

    We must note that smoking has hundreds of years of history and objectively a market demand for cigarettes still exists, tobacco control is long term, complex and arduous work, and one-sided, absolutist and expansionist tendencies should be carefully avoided.

  2. Bertrand de Jouvenel:

    Democracy, then, in the centralizing, pattern-making, absolutist shape which we have given to it is, it is clear, the time of tyranny's incubation.

  3. Ling Chengxing:

    Tobacco control is long term, complex and arduous work, and one-sided, absolutist and expansionist tendencies should be carefully avoided.

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