absolutism

Definition of Absolutism in English :

Noun

dominance through threat of punishment and violence

2. absolutism, authoritarianism, caesarism, despotism, dictatorship, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny

a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

3. absolutism, totalism, totalitarianism

the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government

4. absolutism

the doctrine of an absolute being

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Absolutism

see synonyms of absolutism

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

Absolutism

see synonyms of absolutism

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

Absolutism

see synonyms of absolutism

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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