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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
/ ˈæəːˌɪə /
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
- Christianity an uncompromising form of the doctrine of predestination
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Derived Forms
- ˈˌܳپ, nounadjective
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Other 51Թ Forms
- s·ܳi noun adjective
- ȴ··پt adjective
- ȴ··پt·· adverb
- non·s·ܳi noun
- ԴDza···پt adjective
- ԴDza···پt·· adverb
- ·s·ܳi noun
- pro·s·ܳi adjective noun
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of absolutism1
First recorded in 1745–55
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The environmental movement, she added, had been taken over by a "radical green absolutism" about net zero.
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Zero-sum thinking after one year of catastrophic conflict has created discord, hate and absolutism.
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To his critics, it’s absolutism with a political slant.
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Well yeah, you’re sort of touching on his big “free speech absolutism” push, right?
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"Will he make concessions with his absolutism on speech to bring back advertisers? Because that's what it really comes down to," he said.
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