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absolutism

[ ab-suh-loo-tiz-uhm ]

noun

  1. the principle or the exercise of complete and unrestricted power in government.

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  2. any theory holding that values, principles, etc., are absolute and not relative, dependent, or changeable.


absolutism

/ ˈæəːˌɪə /

noun

  1. the principle or practice of a political system in which unrestricted power is vested in a monarch, dictator, etc; despotism
  2. philosophy
    1. 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
    2. the doctrine that reality is unitary and unchanging and that change and diversity are mere illusion See also monism pluralism
  3. Christianity an uncompromising form of the doctrine of predestination
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈˌܳپ, nounadjective
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • s·ܳi noun adjective
  • ȴ··پt adjective
  • ȴ··پt·· adverb
  • non·s·ܳi noun
  • ԴDza···پt adjective
  • ԴDza···پt·· 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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