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absolutism

noun
/ˈæb.sə.luː.tɪz.m̩/UK/ˈæb.səˌluˌtɪz.m̩/US

Etymology

First attested in 1753 (in the theological sense); attested in 1830 in the political sense. From absolute + -ism, based after French absolutisme.

  1. derived from absolutisme

Definitions

  1. Doctrine of preordination

    Doctrine of preordination; doctrine of absolute decrees; doctrine that God acts in an absolute manner.

  2. The principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government

    The principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; Synonym of despotism.

    • The element of absolutism and prelacy was more controlling in the counsels of the rival corporation.

  3. Belief in a metaphysical absolute

    Belief in a metaphysical absolute; belief in Absolute.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Positiveness

      Positiveness; the state of being absolute.

    2. The characteristic of being absolute in nature or scope

      The characteristic of being absolute in nature or scope; absoluteness.

      • It was the absolutism of his ambition to be a perfect writer (and perhaps also the perfect son) that imperiled him.

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Derived

antiabsolutism, hyperabsolutism, nonabsolutism

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA