absolutism

ab·so·lut·ism  (bs-ltzm)

n.

1.

a. A political theory holding that all power should be vested in one ruler or other authority.

b. A form of government in which all power is vested in a single ruler or other authority.

2. An absolute doctrine, principle, or standard.

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abso·lutist n.

abso·lu·tistic (-l-tstk) adj.

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absolutism [ˈæbsəluːˌtɪzəm]

n

1. the principle or practice of a political system in which unrestricted power is vested in a monarch, dictator, etc.; despotism

2. (Philosophy) Philosophy

a.  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

b.  the doctrine that reality is unitary and unchanging and that change and diversity are mere illusion See also monism [2]

3. (Christian Religious Writings / Theology) Christianity an uncompromising form of the doctrine of predestination

absolutist  n & adj

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absolutism

the theory and exercise of complete and unrestricted power in government. See also autarchy, autocracy, despotism, dictatorship, monarchy, oligarchy. — absolutist, n., adj. — absolutistic. adj.

See also: Government

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	absolutism - dominance through threat of punishment and violence despotism, tyranny ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, dominance, control - the state that exists when one person or group has power over another; "her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her"
	2.	absolutism - a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) dictatorship, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism autocracy, autarchy - a political system governed by a single individual police state - a country that maintains repressive control over the people by means of police (especially secret police)
	3.	absolutism - the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government totalism, totalitarianism ideology, political orientation, political theory - an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation
	4.	absolutism - the doctrine of an absolute being doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought - a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school

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absolutism

noun dictatorship, tyranny, totalitarianism, authoritarianism, despotism, autocracy, arbitrariness, absolute rule, absoluteness, autarchy the triumphal reassertion of royal absolutism

Translations

absolutism [ˈæbsəluːtɪzəm] N → absolutismo m

absolutism [ˌæbsəˈluːtɪzəm] n

(political system) → absolutisme m

(absolutist way of thinking) → absolutisme m

absolutism

n → Absolutismus m

absolutism [ˈæbsəluːˌtɪzm] n (Pol) → assolutismo