absolutism

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌæbsəˈluːtɪzəm/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(absə lo̅o̅ tiz′əm)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
ab•so•lut•ism  (absə lo̅o̅ tiz′əm),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Governmentthe principle or the exercise of complete and unrestricted power in government.
  2. any theory holding that values, principles, etc., are absolute and not relative, dependent, or changeable.
  • 1745–55
ab so•lut′ist, n., adj. 
ab′so•lu•tis tic, adj. 
ab′so•lu•tisti•cal•ly, adv. 
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged . totalitarianism.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
absolutism / ˈæbsəluːˌtɪzəm/
  1. the principle or practice of a political system in which unrestricted power is vested in a monarch, dictator, etc; despotism
  2. 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
  3. the doctrine that reality is unitary and unchanging and that change and diversity are mere illusion
    See also monism2, pluralism5b
ˈabsoˌlutist,
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