Absolutism is a political system in which one ruler or leader has complete power and authority over a country.
...royal absolutism.
2. uncountable noun
You can refer to someone's beliefs as absolutism if they think that their beliefs are true, right, or relevant in all situations, especially if you think they are wrong to behave in this way.
[disapproval]
Nirmalya, with the absolutism of youth, confronts their teacher.
absolutistadjective
This absolutist belief is replaced by an appreciation that rules can vary.
Synonyms: dictator, authoritarian, tyrant, Big Brother More Synonyms of absolutism
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absolutism in British English
(ˈæbsəluːˌtɪzəm)
noun
1.
the principle or practice of a political system in which unrestricted power is vested in a monarch, dictator, etc; despotism
2. 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 (sense 2), pluralism (sense 5b)
3. Christianity
an uncompromising form of the doctrine of predestination
Derived forms
absolutist (ˈabsoˌlutist)
noun, adjective
absolutism in American English
(ˈæbsəluˌtɪzəm)
noun
1.
the doctrine or system of government under which the ruler has unlimited powers; despotism
2.
the quality of being absolute
3. Philosophy
any doctrine involving the existence of some metaphysical or axiological principle that is absolute, or not relative
Derived forms
absolutist (ˈabsoˌlutist) (ˈæbsəˌlutɪst)
noun, adjective
absolutistic (ˌabsoluˈtistic) (ˈæbsəluˈtɪstɪk)
adjective
Word lists with
absolutism
government
(noun)
Definition
a political system in which a monarch or dictator has unrestricted power
the triumphal reassertion of royal absolutism
Synonyms
dictatorship
a long period of military dictatorship
tyranny
I'm the sole victim of her tyranny.
totalitarianism
authoritarianism
despotism
a prototypical example of political despotism
autocracy
Many poor countries are abandoning autocracy.
arbitrariness
absolute rule
absoluteness
autarchy
Additional synonyms
in the sense of absoluteness
Synonyms
supremacy,
autonomy,
tyranny,
fullness,
despotism,
arbitrariness,
peremptoriness,
unboundedness,
dictatorialness,
unquestionability,
unrestrainedness,
unrestrictedness
in the sense of autocracy
Definition
government by an individual with unrestricted authority