Advertisement
Advertisement
absolutism
[ab-suh-loo-tiz-uhm]
noun
the principle or the exercise of complete and unrestricted power in government.
Synonyms:any theory holding that values, principles, etc., are absolute and not relative, dependent, or changeable.
absolutism
/ ĖƦ²ś²õɱō³ÜĖĖ³ŁÉŖ³śÉ³¾ /
noun
the principle or practice of a political system in which unrestricted power is vested in a monarch, dictator, etc; despotism
philosophy
any theory which holds that truth or moral or aesthetic value is absolute and universal and not relative to individual or social differences Compare relativism
the doctrine that reality is unitary and unchanging and that change and diversity are mere illusion See also monism pluralism
Christianity an uncompromising form of the doctrine of predestination
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- absolutist noun
- absolutistic adjective
- absolutistically adverb
- nonabsolutist noun
- nonabsolutistic adjective
- nonabsolutistically adverb
- proabsolutism noun
- proabsolutist adjective
- Ė²¹²ś²õ“ĒĖ±ō³Ü³Ł¾±²õ³Ł noun
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of absolutism1
Example Sentences
The environmental movement, she added, had been taken over by a "radical green absolutism" about net zero.
Zero-sum thinking after one year of catastrophic conflict has created discord, hate and absolutism.
To his critics, itās absolutism with a political slant.
Well yeah, youāre sort of touching on his big āfree speech absolutismā push, right?
"Will he make concessions with his absolutism on speech to bring back advertisers? Because that's what it really comes down to," he said.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse