Definitions for absolutistic

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

ab•so•lut•ismˈæb sə luˌtɪz əm(n.)

  1. the principle or the exercise of unrestricted power in government.

    Category: Government

  2. 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

  1. absolutist, absolutistic(adj)

    pertaining to the principle of totalitarianism

Wiktionary

  1. absolutistic(Adjective)

    Pertaining to absolutism; absolutist.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Absolutistic(adj)

    pertaining to absolutism; absolutist


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