absolutism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Doctrine of preordination; doctrine of absolute decrees; doctrine that God acts in an absolute manner.
The principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; Synonym of despotism.
Belief in a metaphysical absolute; belief in Absolute.
Positiveness; the state of being absolute.
The characteristic of being absolute in nature or scope; absoluteness.

/ˈæb.sə.luː.tɪz.m̩/ /ˈæb.sə.ljuː.tɪz.m̩/ /ˈæb.səˌluˌtɪz.m̩/ /ˈæb.səˌljuˌtɪz.m̩/ en-us-absolutism.ogg

absolutism absolutisms

First attested in 1753 (in the theological sense); attested in 1830 in the political sense. From absolute + -ism, based after French absolutisme.

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